Fleet Management
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Brake and Licence Bureau survey finds fewer than half (44%) would dismiss an employee for driving over the legal alcohol limit
Brake calls for zero-tolerance on at-work drink- and drug-drivers Employers are being urged to implement zero-tolerance policies on at-work drink- and drug-driving by road safety charity Brake, as a Brake and Licence Bureau survey finds fewer than half (44%) would dismiss an employee for driving over the legal alcohol limit. Published today (14 May) in…
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Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA)
The following information was received yesterday from DVLA: Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 The Ministry of Justice has recently reformed the rehabilitation periods for criminal convictions that are set out in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA). These reforms, made under the Legal Aid (Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders) Act 2013,…
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Brake calls for ban of mobile hands-free kits
Risky hands-free calls at the wheel on the rise, as confusion about dangers persists Just over ten years after hand-held mobiles were banned at the wheel, Brake is renewing its call to ban hands-free kits, as a Brake and Direct Line survey reveals that almost half (45%) of drivers admit to chatting when driving. While…
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Cardinus Risk Management Fleet Magazine highlights why you need to check your drivers’ licences and delivers many more relevant fleet risk articles from within the industry.
You can access the complete Cardinus Fleet Risk Management magazine via https://cardinus.com/contact Check your drivers’ licences. Company directors risk corporate manslaughter and health and safety charges, with unlimited fines and publicity orders every time an illegal driver gets behind the wheel, warns Malcolm Maycock. UK DRIVERS ARE facing increasing danger on the roads as thousands…
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Licence checking and duty of care head fleet system “shopping list”
Licence checking and duty of care head the “shopping list” of new management information systems that fleets are planning to adopt in the next 12 months, according to the latest quarterly Company Car Trends report from GE Capital, Fleet Services. Read the full news article here…
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Consequences of not ensuring compliance
Please find the Fleet News article below highlighting why transport services company KBC Logistics has signed up to Licence Bureau’s licence checking service after nearly finding out the hard way the consequences of not ensuring compliance Read the full news article here…
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Company drivers in licence error
Five in every 1,000 company car, van and truck drivers in the UK does not have the correct licence to be at the wheel. Research by the Licence Bureau has revealed the top five reasons for drivers failing to have the right licence for the vehicle they are driving. The most common reason is an…
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1000+ business drivers are unlicensed
Business car managers across the country will be horrified to hear that well over a thousand company drivers don’t have a valid licence to get behind the wheel. Many have never even passed a driving test. Read more on www.businesscarmanager.co.uk
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Your car and the MOT
The law requires that everyone who uses a vehicle on the road must keep it in a roadworthy condition at all times. Once a year, roadworthiness is checked in the interests of road safety and the environment by the test we know as the “MOT”. The first test is required once a car is three…
