Cruise control, fatigue

By Leigh Bottrell
Updated November 12 2012 - 9:55pm, first published August 11 2011 - 7:03am
FATALITY: The 47-year-old driver of this rig died when it ran off the Hume Highway near Marulan in the early hours of July 29. A report is being prepared for the coroner.  Photo: CHRIS GORDON.
FATALITY: The 47-year-old driver of this rig died when it ran off the Hume Highway near Marulan in the early hours of July 29. A report is being prepared for the coroner. Photo: CHRIS GORDON.
ROAD CLOSURE: The scene of Wednesday morning’s accident 500 metres south of Goulburn’s northern exit at 6am when for unknown reasons a B-double left the road. The driver suffered minor injuries. Southbound traffic was diverted through Goulburn.  Photo: LOUISE THROWER.
ROAD CLOSURE: The scene of Wednesday morning’s accident 500 metres south of Goulburn’s northern exit at 6am when for unknown reasons a B-double left the road. The driver suffered minor injuries. Southbound traffic was diverted through Goulburn. Photo: LOUISE THROWER.

With another two serious truck accidents on the Hume Highway near Goulburn in the past two weeks – one of them fatal – the Goulburn Post examines whether cruise control is a possible factor. LEIGH BOTTRELL reports.

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