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    Heart of the matter

    Jul 13, 2022 3 minutes
    Ken Wilkie

    A couple of issues ago I took Australian Trucking Association (ATA) president David Smith to task because he expressed concern that sleep apnoea sufferers were going undiagnosed, thereby putting their lives at risk and the lives of other road users at risk.

    Surely industry management must understand the disincentive to put ones hand up to be tested when the result is immediate stand down until appropriate remedial systems are put in place. Surely an awareness of the problem and appropriate consideration of the problem should allow restrictive operation until

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