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10 September 2024
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THIS MONTH we put the spotlight on Simon Turner, campaign manager for Driving for Better Business, to find out how his passion for cars and marketing led him down the driver safety route.
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22 July 2024
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Light rail sector embraces data-led approach to risk reduction. Laura Reardon provides an insight.
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26 July 2023
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There was a new category at this year's Safety & Health Excellence Awards. Becky Hadley takes a look at the winner, those commended, and why National Highways stepped in to create the Best Driver Risk Management Performance award.
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13 April 2022
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As legal restrictions have come to an end, roads have seen an uptick in traffic. In fact, the ONS is recording traffic levels edging towards pre-pandemic levels. Colin Paterson discusses the risks for organisations that employ people who need to drive for work and how to mitigate them.
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10 May 2021
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Figures show that drink driving offences remain a serious road safety issue in the UK, so Graham Hurst takes a look at the role of interlocks in curbing the problem of people driving when over the limit.
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17 March 2020
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The latest scientific research highlights the dangers of touchscreen technology, and Tony Greenidge explores if this is to blame for road safety's lack of progress.
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13 March 2018
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HSM takes a look at how new technologies combined with risk assessment and training are helping to keep fleets and drivers safe
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01 November 2017
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Being a proficient, professional LGV driver is about more than the skills learned to handle the vehicle safely and efficiently on the road. It is also about being an ambassador for the company and the brand. According to RTITB, the largest Driver CPC Consortium in the UK and Ireland, more businesses, particularly well-known brands in the logistics and retail sector, are seeing the benefits of training their LGV drivers in professional conduct.
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01 November 2017
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Employers have a number of responsibilities for staff who drive for business. Chris Shaw speaks to David Richards, head of marketing at DriveTech, to discuss what these responsibilities are and the implications of ignoring them.
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17 April 2017
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HGV driver safety is multi-faceted, focusing on issues as diverse as load stability and driver concentration. Technology can help but there is the danger of over-reliance, while the focus must also be on people and work culture.
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03 November 2016
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Fleet managers are being bombarded with so many different messages about how to make their fleets and drivers safer that it is causing confusion in the marketplace, according to Chris Horbowyj of GreenRoad Technologies.
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26 October 2016
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The issues facing international freight haulers are getting worse by the day. While measures such as the ‘big wall’ are being put in place, the understandably desperate attempts by the 10,000 or so migrants in Calais to enter the UK are unlikely to go away. HSM asks David Thompson, managing partner at Moore Blatch Solicitors where this situation leaves directors with regards to the duty they owe their drivers.
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19 September 2016
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New research reveals that 45% of van drivers knowingly overload their vehicles, while nearly half of businesses don’t monitor gross vehicle weights. Road safety, fines and maintenance issues are the heavy cost of overloading to UK businesses but Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has some advice on the dangers of overloading vehicles.
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07 October 2016
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Over 500 people are injured on the UK’s roads every year and it’s thought that approximately one third of these involve someone driving on business. In addition, millions of vehicles being driven for work are involved in collisions that cause damage to the vehicle or property. But how much of this is avoidable?
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07 April 2016
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Jim Lythgow, director of strategic alliances at Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, explores driver eyecare the power of the employer.
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12 October 2015
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Even if you have just one employee driving a vehicle on company time for business use, as a responsible employer you have Duty of Care and legal obligations. Carlos Montero, FleetEurope’s commercial director, outlines his simple approach for staying compliant and, importantly, legal for both company car and grey fleet drivers.
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12 October 2015
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Laura Nelson, managing director, RTITB (formerly the Road Transport Industry Training Board), explains why in-cab technology is no replacement for LGV Driver Training and how the two should be used to complement each other.
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02 June 2015
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Selwyn Cooper, head of business sales, Volvo Car UK, looks at how companies can seek to offset the risks associated with employees driving for business.
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09 September 2019
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Former police officer turned road safety expert and Cardinus advanced driving instructor John Davidge reveals the best way to break the bad habits of business drivers.
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07 October 2013
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Drug driving legislation introduced earlier this year and expected to come into force in 2014, allows police officers to perform a roadside saliva based drug test if they suspect a person’s driving has been influenced by drugs. Mark Burrup explains the implications for employers.
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