Fleet law and how it affects company drivers

Health and Safety for Company Drivers:

Legislation surrounding company drivers can often be confusing, but with simple measures you can ensure that your liability is minimised regarding Health and Safety audits after an accident and the recently introduced Corporate Manslaughter legislation.

So what do you need to do?

1. Have all of your drivers risk assessed
2. Train drivers to be able to check their vehicles
3. Plan a driver training programme which targets high risk drivers
4. Draw up company driving guidelines and ensure drivers receive and understand them
5. Ensure all details regarding drivers and vehicles are recorded and auditable
6. Monitor performance and incidents and re-assess policy and training regularly

We can help you to put these simple steps in place, providing the knowledge and the accredited individuals to provide the relevant training, so get in touch for your free company driver training needs assessment.

The benefits are wide ranging and include:

• Compliance with existing Health and Safety Legislation
• Defined audit trails in the case of Health and Safety investigations
• Systems to protect against Corporate Manslaughter liability
• Improved staff morale and sense of employee self worth
• Improved insurance terms
• Protection against the negative publicity consequences of a fatality involving an employee
• Reduced cost of vehicle fleet operation
• Reduced direct repair cost
• Reduced insurance costs
• Reduced fuel consumption
• Reduced tyre wear and other consumables
• Reduced vehicle downtime/hire car costs
• Reduced staff downtime/inability to work
• Improved vehicle residual value

To ensure your company can gain these benefits, it is important that the correct monitoring procedures are carried out on a regular basis. Companies who fail to monitor their policies may be unaware of the benefits and therefore are unlikely to continue to implement them.

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