LOGISTICS giant Linfox is considering splitting with the rest of the transport industry due to concerns about safety standards.
Linfox chief executive Michael Byrne says the company is looking at exiting major industry organisations, such as the Australian Truckers Association, due to the divide over safety standards.
The company wants the industry to do more to improve safety standards, and founder Lindsay Fox has called for black box recorders to be installed in trucks as a way of ensuring fatigued drivers stay off the road.
Mr Byrne said while Linfox's own safety policies went beyond industry standards, its stance had put it at odds with other operators.
"They think some of our requirements around the black box, etcetera are arbitrary and costly and we don't agree," he said.
"Some of those associations have a different view, so it's probably time to leave some of those associations."
Mr Byrne acknowledged other operators did not have the same resources as Linfox, but said they could still afford to do more.
"We do think a lot of people in the industry can do more.
"Safety is not something that should be based on cost."
Safety standards in the industry have been in the spotlight since a truck owned by Cootes Transport overturned and exploded on a Sydney road last year, killing two people.
The incident resulted in the resignation of chief executive Peter Garaty and a threat from the NSW government to ban the company from the state's roads.
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