Isuzu Australia recently presented a webinar called Is Your Load Killing Your Ute? to educate Australian tradies and business owners about the risks associated with vehicle overloading.
The webinar was presented by Isuzu’s Chief Engineer Simon Humphries who said it revealed that many business owners were simply not aware that they could so easily overload vehicles, jeopardising the safety of their drivers and running the risk of incurring fines and doing long-term damage to their vehicles.
"Staging this webinar gave us an insight into how pervasive this problem is on Australian roads,"Mr Humphries said.
"Many drivers don’t know how much their vehicle has been engineered to carry. So they were also uninformed about how running overloaded could significantly increase ute repair bills and lead to unexpected vehicle downtime, all while potentially putting the safety of themselves and other road users in jeopardy."
IAL has uploaded the full recording online so that those who missed the original broadcast can still watch it and benefit from its insights.
The online seminar is free, and interested listeners can access it by registering here. Mr Humphries said business owners who rely on utes should view the presentation.
"We decided to host a recording of this webinar because the consequences of ute overloading are not widely known, yet they can be crippling for businesses," he said.