• East European truckers are being trained in emergency braking and crash avoidance following a string of serious accidents.
24th August 1995, Page 10
24th August 1995
Page 10
Page 10, 24th August 1995
— • East European truckers are being trained in emergency braking and crash avoidance following a string of serious accidents.
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is training 500 drivers this summer from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine. The IRU is paying for BO% of the one-day course; the balance will be paid by each driver's company or national association.
Some recent serious accidents have "cast suspicion on the behaviour of professional truck drivers', says the IRU.
The training is being carried out by the Austrian Automobile Club at a site near Vienna which can take 12 drivers a day.