Driving and the Work Place
Driving is the most dangerous work activity that most people do. Company car drivers often exceed speed limits in order to get to appointments on time. They are less likely to view speeding as risky and more likely to think that being on time is more important. Company drivers and people who drive high annual mileages for work are up to 50% more likely to crash than private motorists.
If an employee is involved in a crash as a result of:
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Unfitness
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Fatigue through working long hours
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Speeding to meet impossibly tight deadlines
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Driving an unroadworthy vehicle or through lack of training,
the police, with other authorities could prosecute the employer under Health and Safety law.
The Road Safety Unit can assist businesses with the management of work related journeys.
DRIVING FOR BETTER BUSINESS Event
Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership in partnership with Driving for Better Business are hosting a morning on the 28th March 2012 at JCB Rocester between 9.15am and 1.30pm raising awareness of the importance of work-related road safety in both the business community and public sector, promoting the business benefits of managing work-related journeys effectively.
For more information please see the documents attached below:
Letter of invitation| (122kb)
Expression of interest| (560kb)
Programme| (68kb)
For more information telephone the Road Safety Unit on 0300 111 8012, email roadsafety@staffordshire.gov.uk| or visit the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership website at www.staffssaferroads.co.uk|
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