Returning to work. coping with COVID-19 As the lockdown is relaxed and your staff return to work, what are your responsibilities as a manager or business owner? Firstly, how long have your staff been away? How long have their vehicles been stationary, are normal pre-drive checks adequate or do they need a thorough check, can […]
Knowledgeable, competent and efficient staff are key in any business and many invest considerable sums in their training. Yet many ignore the value to a company of investing in driver safety training for those employees who are on the road, either visiting customers or transporting goods. Obviously, businesses need to keep a tight control on […]
Drivers? We don’t employ any drivers When I approach businesses about driver training I am often told “we don’t have any drivers”. A business may not employ people specifically as drivers, but it is very rare that employees are never required to go out on the road on company business. What about the sales reps? […]
Why am I being asked to do a driver training session? Drivers sometimes challenge their employers’ requirement for them to undergo a driving assessment on the grounds that they have been driving for many years and are therefore experienced. However, many things have changed over the last 20-30 years, not only for drivers but also […]
Switching to Electric vehicles? Had you thought about driver training? When a business gets new photocopying and printing equipment it is likely that staff will be given training to use it. However, how many businesses think about training their drivers when they change their fleet from petrol or diesel-fuelled to Electric vehicles? EVs are […]
Your employee has just passed their driving test – what next? As with any newly-learned skill it takes time to build up the experience of all the situations a new driver is likely to encounter on the roads. Not only that, but there will be some situations, such as motorway driving, that will not have […]
When does your driver start working for you? The Health and Safety Executive defines a work-related journey as any work-related driving that is not simply travelling to and from the employee’s usual place of work. This includes visiting clients or suppliers or working from a different office. So strictly speaking if an employee is travelling […]
Driving under the influence of drugs is not only about illegal substances In March 2015 a new offence of driving under the influence of drugs “in concentrations above a specified limit” was added to the Road Traffic Act 1988. The new offence includes not only illegal substances but also some legal medicinal drugs, including morphine-based […]
Your drivers, your duty of care. Driver trainers regularly meet van drivers who are not aware of the differing speed limits these vehicles have compared to a car, some seem to assume that because you can drive them having only passed the car driving test all vehicles that fall in the B category have […]
The effects of Hay fever medicines for drivers As many are probably aware we are now into the hay fever season, so out comes the hay fever medicine, So what type are you employees takin? If it’s not labelled as “non drowsy” then your staff could be putting themselves at risk from driving under the […]
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