Road Safety
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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…
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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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Environmental Management System ISO14001
Licence Bureau successfully audited on our ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems for another year. Michael Reed Marketing Director commented, “We demand strict adherence to ISO standards so all the services we provide for our large client base are supplied successfully and securely. These standards should be the norm across the industry.” ISO27001 Information Security Management System…
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So you think you know about fleet safety?
Please help Brake promote fleet safety! The answers from this quick 21 question survey will be used by Brake to promote the ongoing need for organisations to address and improve fleet safety as part of their duty of care. All responses are anonymous. Please click the link below to start; BRAKE FLEET OPERATOR SURVEY 2014…
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Man killed by driver who failed an eyesight test in October 2011 and had been told by the DVLA that his licence was revoked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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Cause or Permit – An Employer’s Responsibilities
A driver of a vehicle on public roads must hold a valid licence for that category of vehicle as : Driving a vehicle without a valid licence is an offence. Many insurance policies will be invalidated in such situations. A person or company who has control over a driver will be committing an offence if…
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Brake calls on fleets to ensure mechanics are trained and qualified
Brake, the road safety charity, has published a new report for fleet managers on maintaining safe vehicles. Sponsored by Licence Bureau and published through Brake’s Fleet Safety Forum, the report contains results of a Brake survey of fleets’ management of vehicle safety, and gives guidance on how fleet managers can ensure vehicles are safely maintained.Inadequate…
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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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Changes being made to Provisional Driving Licence cards issued from February 2014
Please find below information which illustrates the changes being made to Provisional Driving Licence cards issued from February 2014. Click on the image below for more information.
