Risk
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FSB Business Awards 2014 Finals
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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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After deep-sea fishing and coal mining, driving 25,000 miles a year on business is the third most dangerous activity. (RoSPA)
Licence Bureau partner Specsavers : Putting eyecare into perspective. Risk Driving is the most dangerous work activity carried out by most people. A third of all collisions involve someone driving for work purposes. This equates to 20 people killed and 220 seriously injured, every week, in collisions involving someone who was driving for work1. RoSPA…
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Dave Ashford of KBC Logistics sadly has cause to highlight the importance of licence checking
Dave Ashford, Transport & Compliance Manager at KBC Logistics commented, “The reason I looked at a licence checking system emanated from the experience last year where I used to check and copy licences and counterparts every six months. One particular driver was checked in November 2012 and unbeknown to us he was subsequently disqualified in…
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Man killed by driver who failed an eyesight test in October 2011 and had been told by the DVLA that his licence was revoked
A hit and run driver who killed an 83-year-old man in Watford town centre was jailed for three years and nine months today (Tuesday 28th Jan 2014). The drivers eyesight was so bad that he should not have been behind the wheel when he struck the victim from Harrow, in December 2012. The driver had…
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Employers Spurred into Road Safety Action
Employers have been spurred into action this Road Safety Week and taken positive steps to improve the safety of employees and all road-users. Suzanne Randall, corporate account manager at Specsavers Corporate eyecare, said: ‘As part of the annual road safety campaign, Specsavers Corporate Eyecare has taken its Driving Eyesight Roadshow to over 2,000 employees, at…
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Standard for construction logistics: Managing work related road risk (WRRR)
The Health and Safety Executive welcomes this industry led initiative. The Standard for construction logistics: Managing work related road risk (WRRR) has been developed in collaboration with key industry stakeholders. The overall document draws together emerging practice from a number of individual standards, policies and codes of practice into one WRRR standard that can be…
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Licence Bureau and Road Safety Week 18-24 November 2013
Road Safety Week is the UK’s flagship event to promote safer road use, coordinated annually by the charity Brake and involving thousands of schools, communities and organisations across the country. Road Safety Week 2013 takes place 18-24 November with support from the Department for Transport. Thousands of people in organisations, schools and community groups are…
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Driving Licence Categories
To be able to drive a particular type of vehicle, you need an ‘entitlement’ for that category on your driving licence. Your entitlements may have additional restrictions – check the restriction codes for your driving licence.
