Thanks for your interest in our presentations from
The Health and Wellbeing at Work Event.
Vehicles Don’t Crash, People Do: Are Your Drivers Mentally Fit for Purpose?
Nine out of ten crashes are caused by human factors rather than issues with the vehicle or road conditions. Contributing factors often include known risks specific to driving such as speeding, fatigue, or phone use. However, they could just as easily be a wide range of other thoughts that distract your driver from the task of driving:
- Are they under work pressure to meet unrealistic targets?
- Are they driving vehicles they are not confident with?
- Are there tensions between drivers and managers?
Distractions can also stem from personal concerns, such as financial difficulties, health issues, or relationship worries. This presentation covers what employers can do to identify and mitigate these risks along with some of the free resources available to employers through the Driving for Better Business programme.
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Emerging Critical Health Issues for Commercial Drivers
As we get older, we know our health deteriorates. Commercial drivers are statistically well below average with worse health conditions and more co-morbidities. As they retire, they are being replaced by younger drivers, but new research is showing this younger cohort to have even worse health than those they are replacing.
In this presentation we cover:
- the emerging trend for poorer health in younger staff
- causation factors and the research backing this up
- the consequences of failing to address driver health
- your corporate responsibilities in relation to driver health
- key steps to help you start addressing the issues raised.
