
4WD for the minesite: Drive to survive
Australia’s mines pose some of the most challenging, toughest workplace scenarios for vehicles, and so they must be equally tough to a scale not seen in any other industry. MINESITES would grind to a halt if it were not for 4WD light vehicles. And the people operating those vehicles must be suitably qualified. Driver incompetence has been a leading cause of 4WD accidents on site, but this can easily be rectified with driver training. Accidents on a minesite are in the public eye more than ever, and mine operators come under more scrutiny than just about any other industry. Each mine operator will have a specific set of rules that govern the way vehicles operate onsite, and will have a…