Truck Friendly – Caravan Road Safety Program

SAFE CARAVAN TOWING

THE MANUAL

What’s Up Down Under’, call it, the “New Towing Bible”. WUDU November 2024 Monthly Issue #97 – What’s Up Downunder
Includes over 85 photographs and diagrams, approx. 200 pages, includes QR code links to videos.
Includes many of Ken’s tips to help the readers understand easier and safer ways to tow and use caravans.

Welcome to Truck Friendly – Caravan Road Safety Program

There are currently far too many accidents and incidents occur involving caravans, RVs and trucks on Australia’s highways and urban roads. Many of these could have been avoided through education on safe caravan towing practices, and a better understanding of how to work ‘with’ the heavy vehicle drivers.

At Truck Friendly, our mission is to provide well-researched and reliable easy to understand road safety education to help foster a friendlier and more cooperative working relationship between all road users on our highways and suburban roads.

You might also like to let other drivers know that you are an educated driver who wants to help other road users through joining our free caravan / RV sticker program.

The Truck Friendly program offers general caravan safety tips and advice for those new, and experienced to caravanning so that we all get home safely.

Read on, learn more and join me in becoming a ‘Truck Friendly’ road safety advocate.

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Did you know?

There are around 750,000 caravans and RV’s Australia wide

Did you know?

4670 postcode has the largest number of caravans per capita in Australia

CARAVAN WEIGHTS MADE EASY

, ‘Introducing the online course, in association with CHECK WEIGHT, to help you make sense of caravan weights!

This excellent course helps explain everything that you legally and safely should know about caravan weights. It offers printable information sheets to download and save for future reference.

Simply click on the link below for more information.

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