Updated November 2026 This month's legal update on other road users, for those who manage drivers, comes to us from Mike Hayward and Nathan Taylor-Allkins from Woodfines Solicitors. IS YOUR DRIVING FOR WORK POLICY COMPLIANT? Other Road Users The most recent road traffic provisional estimates for The Department for Transport (published March 2026)
Other Road Users - sharing space on the roads Commercial vehicle drivers have an obligation to be careful of the safety of other road users and are now held to a higher standard in law. Recent changes to the Highway Code created a hierarchy of road users, with those who could do the most
Safe loading - a legal update Updated 28th February 2025 This safe loading legal update is brought to you by Mike Hayward, Partner, Road Transport, Crime & Regulatory at Woodfines. There are many law enforcement procedures relating to the safe loading of your vehicles, and it’s important to note that policy and law are
Drug screening - do you have a process in place? Are you carrying out effective drug screening within your organisation? Following on from our Drug Driving Session at the Health and Safety Event, an official report has been published by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), advising that there are substantially more drug drivers
In 2022, over 62,000 items fell off vehicles onto the strategic road network (SRN). They included mattresses, sheds, ratchet straps and loads of timber. This flying and messy debris is a two-foldhazard – it can strike other vehicles or road users when it leaves the vehicle,and it presents an obstruction of the road which
Research Garage is a dealership specialising in Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Jeep and Fiat Professional. It has two sites at Hinckley and Nuneaton, and while its own-use vehicles are minimal, its technicians and sales people are responsible for driving client cars and taking vehicles for test drives. It also owns Centurion Plant Hire, supplying
New 20mph limit - get your drivers ready From 17 September 2023, a new 20mph speed limit will come into force on certain roads across Wales. Some roads will remain at 30mph, but approximately 35% of the roads in Wales (by length) will become 20mph. Your drivers will need to know in advance that
This week's blog looks at driving on rural roads, and the key points your drivers should be aware of. DO I NEED A DRIVING FOR WORK POLICY? Rural roads - more dangerous by a country mile Rural roads in the UK have the same number of collisions as urban roads, but a far
Thanks to Driving for Better Business Partners, Assetworks, for this week's blog on managing driver behaviour and the business benefits that come from that. WHAT SHOULD I INCLUDE IN MY DRIVING FOR WORK POLICY? Driver behaviour - what's the secret? Fleet professionals who manage a mobile workforce have limited visibility into how drivers
Project EDWARD 2023 The 2023 Project EDWARD week of action supported by National Highways is taking place from 15 – 19 May to coincide with the UN Global Road Safety Week. Project EDWARD (Every Day Without A Road Death) is the biggest platform for showcasing good practice in road safety in the UK. Managed
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