26/04/2026
If only we had legislation and a governing body to prevent this… 🤔
Oh wait — we do.
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator Transport Victoria.
So is this in your lane, or are we still running the “paper tiger” model?
130 trucks at $11k each. And that’s probably not even a third of them. But sure — nothing to see here.
On a serious note, operators cutting corners this badly need to be made an example of. Mum-and-dad road users share these roads with us every day.
When compliance is treated as optional, where does the money come from for preventative maintenance, safer equipment, better tyres, technology, and capital investment? It doesn’t. The tyre gets pushed that little bit further. Maintenance gets stretched. Safety becomes a slogan instead of a standard.
Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is trying to stay compliant and competitive while rubbish roads, rising costs, and corner-cutters drag everyone backwards.
I’m not usually one to call for more enforcement, but a targeted operation — start in the west — might actually make a dent.
Or we can keep doing nothing, wait until it’s declared “uncontrollable,” watch primary producer registration come under threat and act surprised when the Victorian Farmers Federation goes to war for its members.
Or worst case, we wait for an inquiry after someone is killed.
Or we could get ahead of it now, stem the bleeding, and maybe even see some money go back into the roads for once. 🤣
Jess Wilson MP maybe your government can do something about this when you’re elected, before Victoria is in a transport crisis. Because the 🤡’s in power now have had long enough and done nothing.
The well-placed source claims the misuse is widespread across multiple sectors and distorting competition across the state.
