If you employ people who either drive their own vehicle, or one that is supplied by you, and in connection with your business you will already know what good sense it makes to provide them with good quality fleet driver training. Apart from the fact that you will significantly reduce the risk to them of becoming involved in a road collision, or other driving related incident, and reduce the potential for losses that are caused through having a member of your team absent from work for a long period through injury (or worse), you will no doubt be aware that you have a legal obligation to provide your people with structured driver training if they are to drive on the road.
The law relating to corporate liability have some pretty tough penalties that apply to those who are found wanting if an official enquiry were required made into following the death or injury of an employee following an accident. When driving a motor vehicle for work purposes, that vehicle is classified as being a place of work, and if a road accident occurs and involving that driver in that vehicle, the incident will be classified as an accident in the workplace. This is why you will have invested good money and spent a lot of time employing the services of a fleet driver training company to make sure that your drivers are properly trained and can carry out thoer work related taks as safely as possible. However, is that where it all stops? Is that as far as it goes, or do you need to do more?
Having invested a sum of money into training your people you have also invested in them as individuals, and the return on that investment will be the significant reduction in their road collision risk potential. Making an investment in people, as far as training is concerned, will only be a sensible investment if that level of training is maintained. If you enter into a training scheme, and do so on a one-shot only basis, the money you have spent may be a total waste unless you continue to update the training and make sure that the driving skills of your staff are kept to a high standard.
At Ride Drive Limited we recommend that following an initial driver training course, each delegate should receive at least a half-day of refresher training every 2-years. By making this investment you will actually save money in the long term, because fewer accidents at work will mean fewer working days lost, more economical fleet insurance premiums and a solid reputation concerning your company health and safety at work record. Now, isn’t that a good place to be in?
Contact Ride Drive today to ask about how to set up your company driver safety at work programme. |
