Getting your Drivers Home Safe and Well Thank you so much for your support in 2024. It's been a busy and productive year - we are delighted to have welcomed so many of you to the Driving for Better Business Community, whether you've accessed our free driving for work policy template, downloaded our award
This week’s guest article comes to us from Stefan Szrama GCGI, Road Safety Professional and Health, Safety and Environment Lead. Enlisting into the British Army in 1988, Stefan completed 24 years’ service including time working as a Senior Specialist Vehicle Instructor at the Defence School of Transport (Europe’s largest driver training school). His final
This month's legal update on vehicle roadworthiness, for those who manage drivers, comes to us from Mike Hayward of Woodfines Solicitors. DOES YOUR DRIVING FOR WORK POLICY COVER VEHICLE ROADWORTHINESS? Fleet vehicle roadworthiness I'm constantly impressed by my neighbour who does a walk around check of his car before each and every journey.
March has heralded the launch of a new National Highways campaign, which urges lane hoggers and tailgaters to change their driving style. If you're responsible for health and safety in your organisation, then this is something you can share with your drivers to help them develop safer driving habits. DO I NEED A DRIVING
Are all your drivers fit to drive, every time they drive for work? How are you managing driver health in your organisation? If you manage drivers, you have a duty of care and responsibility to make sure that they only drive when fit and safe to do so. You'll need to detail how you
Are all your drivers fit to drive, every time they drive for work? How are you managing driver health in your organisation? In the event of an incident involving one of your drivers, you won't be asked to say what you've done to manage road risk - you'll be asked to prove it. That's
Implementing, monitoring and actioning driver pre-use checks keeps vehicles roadworthy, ensures compliance and reduces repair costs. Good to Go Safety Product manager, Graham Halliday, tells us why. DO I NEED A DRIVING FOR WORK POLICY? Fleet managers - your roadworthiness challenge A recent global report generated from Good to Go Safety’s TakeAIM pre-use
This week's article from Tyresafe outlines the concerning findings of their recent survey on the state of tyres in the UK. DOES YOUR DRIVING FOR WORK POLICY COVER VEHICLE ROADWORTHINESS? Over Half of UK Tyres Deemed Borderline or Illegal Startling findings have emerged from a recent extensive study jointly conducted by TyreSafe, the
Fleet operations - the key risks Standards and accreditations are an excellent way to improve, benchmark and ensure compliant vehicle operations - and compliant vehicle operations make for safer operations. The CHAS Vehicle Compliance Standard is a new way for fleet operators to align their fleet safety with their existing health and safety procedures.
“There are so many benefits to using agency drivers. They’ll keep your fleet moving at short notice and add flexibility in terms of your operating costs. Good agency drivers also offer a broad experience of different transport operations that can be really useful. Recognising the unique nature of agency work and offering a proper
