Tyre Safety Tyre safety remains one of the most preventable road safety risks. With millions of vehicles covering an average of 6,082 miles per year, the impact of poor tyre care is multiplied many times over. In our guest blog, Stuart Lovatt, Chair of Tyresafe talks us through how driving behaviour, vehicle maintenance,
James Tiller, Managing Consultant at Transformation looks at how driver blood pressure is a worryingly overlooked aspect of Driver Wellbeing - and what fleet managers and driver managers should be looking for. Driver wellbeing: is high blood pressure on your radar? Last year, I experienced a sudden and intense physical
Mike Hayward is a motoring and regulatory solicitor with Woodfines. Here, he looks at what driver managers and fleet managers can do to support the mental health and wellbeing of their drivers, and ensure their teams understand their responsibilities around the legal duty of care. Mental Health - Driving for Work Being a vocational
Driver fatigue - do you take it seriously? Driving professionally is a demanding job, requiring skill, concentration, and constant vigilance. A crucial part of being fit to drive - and something we all need to take seriously - is to be properly rested. We often talk about vehicle checks and driving hours, but the
This safe loading legal update is brought to you by Nathan Taylor-Allkins, Criminal Defence and Road Transport Solicitor and Partner at Woodfines LLP For many fleet managers and owners of commercial vehicle companies, one of their most valuable assets, if not the most valuable, is their staff. However, keeping employees safe while driving on
Driver Safety Zone : how to learn from failure The second day of the Driver Safety Zone at the Health and Safety Event (Birmingham NEC 8-10 April) focuses on how health and safety professionals can learn from failure rather than fearing it. The sessions on Wednesday 9 April kick off with National Highways Head
Driver roadworthiness: the impact of driver health and wellbeing Vehicles don’t crash, people do – and often that’s for very human reasons, like state of mind, physical health problems or fatigue. The theme of this year’s Driver Safety Zone at the Health and Safety Event 2025 is how to identify and manage the often-invisible
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
Updated August 2025 In this article we hear from Bev Tapp, Wellbeing Champion at Stagecoach on the interventions they are using, which are aimed at improving the overall health and wellbeing of their drivers. Driver wellbeing interventions Professional drivers have a busy job and need to maintain high levels of concentration all day. Some
This week, we hear from David Somers of Road Skills Online on lack of sleep and why the sleepiness and fatigue it causes is so dangerous for your drivers. If you manage drivers, you need to be sure they only drive when fit to do so. Your organisation's driving for work policy is the
