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QR drivers to get naps

QUEENSLAND Rail coal drivers may get napping time, if a policy to address driver fatigue is given...

Vivienne Ryan

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The Courier Mail newspaper reported a leaked QR document said coal train operators would get drivers’ cabs with blinds and travel pillows to help them sleep while coal was loaded.

The report comes a week after QR drivers were found to be running red lights at a rate more than 9% above the national average.

QR group general manager Marcus McAuliffe told the newspaper the policy would be trialled with the use of “rest cottages” for some coal train drivers.

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