Driving is often seen as a consequence of a job, rather than an important safety-critical aspect. Van drivers are not only at much higher risk of being involved in an incident than car drivers but are often a moving billboard for the company they represent; and we all know that brand protection is important
Fatigue is a contributing factor in around 20 per cent of all collisions on the UK's roads; despite this, 40 per cent of all car, van and lorry drivers admit to driving while tired. Drivers must understand the dangers of this; equally, businesses must adopt a strict no tolerance approach to their employees operating a vehicle while
I’m sure we’ve all heard the saying “If you aren’t measuring it, you aren’t managing it” – if we aren’t measuring it, how do we know whether we need to improve it or, more importantly, how effective any improvements have been – but what are we supposed to be measuring? While there are many
Traffic Commissioner Sarah Bell talks to David Williams about why a breakdown in trust between fleet operator and traffic commissioner could severely disrupt your ability to do business. There’s one key word that crops up repeatedly in Traffic Commissioner Sarah Bell’s lexicon; ‘trust’. It appears to be the glue in what she
Managing occupational road risk in the public sector will be the focus of our recently announced summit in the South West. The event will be held in Exeter on the 25th September and hosted by Alison Hernandez. Alison is the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly, and is
Improving driver behaviour and preserving vehicle health. Sean Maher from Quartix, explains how to best use the insights that telematics can offer. Telematics has been proven to bring unprecedented benefits to organisations large and small. From reducing fuel spend and vehicle maintenance costs, to improving customer service and driver safety, and increasing
Our inclusion in the DfT’s Road Safety Statement 2019, an announcement that sets out the actions for road safety over the next two years, is a timely reminder for those who employ people who drive for work purposes to ensure they have taken appropriate measures to reduce occupational road risk: all hazards associated with driving
Tyres on vans and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) lead a hard life, carrying loads or doing multiple drops, often in tough working environments. Rough ground or repeated kerb scuffing can cause levels of damage and wear way beyond that of a car tyre. As a critical vehicle component, it’s important to carry out regular
At Highways England, our ambition is that no one should be harmed while working or traveling on our network. To achieve this, we’re improving the safety of our roads through the way we design and build our schemes, how we maintain the network to a high standard, and how we manage traffic to keep
Steven Briers, Editor-in-Chief of Fleet News, gives his view on managing grey fleet There is nothing inherently wrong with having a grey fleet. As long as your policy requires any driver using their own car for business to be managed in the same way as a company car driver – with licence
