Safe Freight Mate · Driver Wellness
Know when tired has turned into fatigue before it bites
This piece draws a hard line between being tired and being fatigued, and that matters in a truck. Once you are yawning repeatedly, fighting heavy eyes, drifting in the lane or cannot clearly remember the last few kilometres, your reaction time and judgement are already slipping. On the road, that is when small misses turn into a crash risk.
Operator note: At every stop, check for the specific warning signs named here: repeated yawning, heavy blinking, lane drift, and patchy memory of the last few kilometres. If any of those are happening, park up and take proper rest instead of pushing on to the next job.