Fleet Management
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New rules on minimum medical standards for drivers on eyesight and epilepsy as of 8th March 2013
Revised minimum driving licence standards for eyesight and epilepsy will apply under new rules announced today by Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond.
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Police to take action against motorists who fail roadside eye tests
The Police will be able to take immediate action against motorists who fail roadside eye tests under tough new rules introduced today by Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has worked closely with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to introduce a new system to deal with roadside…
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The importance of internal policies, do you recognise these 10 key questions when managing road risk?
· Road crashes have a social, legal, reputational and financial consequence for a business. · In order to ensure your company is complying with the law, management must take effective steps to manage road risk. · One way to ensure your company is operating within regulations is to health check your organisation, determining whether your…
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Roadside Eyesight Test Failures
A new system, brought about by the DVLA and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), will speed up the processing of roadside eyesight test failures by electronically notifying the DVLA and issuing motorists with a Licence revocation notice within hours rather than days.
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Deadline approaches (Friday 15th February) for Brake Annual Fleet Safety Conference and Awards
The deadline is fast approaching for operators and suppliers to enter road safety charity Brake’s annual fleet safety conference and awards. The 2013 event will, for the first time, combine Brake’s flagship fleet events, the fleet safety conference and fleet safety awards programme; the deadline for both award entries and early bird discounted bookings is…
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UK’s Best Company Car Driver
A new competition promoting fleet driver safety has been launched today in a bid to find the UK’s best Company Car Driver.
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BRAKE ‘Measuring the risk’ report
Brake has just published part 2 of the report on its annual survey of fleet managers who subscribe to the Fleet Safety Forum. Why not take a look at the report, sponsored by Licence Bureau, to see how your organisation measures up? It covers fitness to drive: from testing for drugs and alcohol, to policies…
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Bizprotect makes it impossible for drivers to use their mobile phones.
G2M Technologies has launched a new system aimed at reducing road deaths caused by company drivers using their phones while at the wheel.
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Reducing maximum speed to 60mph reduces fuel consumption by 10%
DriveGain analysis: Reducing maximum speed to 60 MPH reduces fuel consumption by 10%, but only adds 2 minutes to journey time June 27th 2012, London, UK – DriveGain, the company that produces the iPhone application that helps you save fuel as you drive, has analysed the 10,000 journeys uploaded to the DriveGain web portal over…
