The statistics around Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) - the condition where the walls of the throat relax and narrow during sleep, interrupting breathing and disturbing sleep, potentially triggering severe daytime sleepiness - make alarming reading. The OSA Partnership Group, a group of organisations with an interest in this common condition, recently reported that it
Andy Eastlake has a background in engineering that has seen him involved in vehicle crash testing, emissions optimisation, fuel economy, electrification and, most recently, clean air strategy and government policy. He is convinced that improving transport safety and air quality must increasingly go hand in hand. And he believes that much can be done
A water tight policy is nothing without day-to-day adherence. Ensuring this adherence can become a real burden; a cycle of enforcement and consequence. This can result in a negative experience for everyone involved, but it doesn’t have to be like that. Like building a house, you’ve got to do the ground work first, a solid
A decade or so ago – before the new dawn ushered in by telematics – everything looked very different indeed in the Iron Mountain transport world. It was almost impossible keeping tabs on the information and business storage firm’s fleet of vehicles – let alone its drivers – and knowing where to apportion blame when
Haulage companies across the UK are being urged to enrol their drivers on to a smart motorway driving course offered by Highways England. Aimed at commercial and haulage drivers, the eight-hour, single-day training session has been designed by Highways England in conjunction with the Freight Transport Association (FTA) to provide practical, relevant training to drivers
One in three drivers report feeling stressed behind the wheel leaving them prone to making irrational decisions and suffering road rage. Employers should therefore be thinking about their drivers’ welfare and wellbeing whilst they are driving for work. Behavioural factors that can affect employees driving could be aggression, attitude to risk, driving excitement, ineffective coping strategy,
Matthew Avery joined Thatcham Research 30 years ago, and although his focus has always been on crash safety, he’s been involved with the introduction of technology that once, motorists could only have dreamed of. Key areas he’s been closely involved with include the development of ESC safety standards for Euro NCAP, the first assessments of
Gateshead Council shows that it isn't just businesses that can benefit from better management of their work-related road risk - the public sector can too. In an age when budgets are under increasing pressure, Gateshead has shown just what can be achieved. As one of our longest standing Business Champions, we have just updated their
There are many pros – and just a few cons – to life, when you’re responsible for fleet safety in a nationally-recognised firm operating 120 HGVs, 1,578 vans, 283 company cars, and a grey fleet of around 100. Especially when you’re helping to drive a technological revolution that has placed the gathering and the analysis
A recent RAC Business Survey has seen 1 in 5 firms admit that their drivers have been involved in accidents or collisions while using a hand-held phone, despite their use being illegal and penalties recently being increased. The survey of 1,000 businesses found that 19% admitted they had drivers that had been involved in an
