Road Safety
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Webinar on Drug Driving : The Growing Problem. How to Protect Your Business.
Drug use has increased substantially across the UK in the last decade, with the COVID-19 pandemic having accelerated the problem of both drink and drug driving across the country; deaths and casualties from drink and drug have increased accordingly. On the 10th May we held a webinar for employers looking to ensure their duty of care…
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The quest to save money on fuel
It’s time to make Fuel Savings! Please see this informative engaging video from Martin Starkey, Product Development Manager TTC, Licence Bureau and Business Driver, showing you the Top 10 Tips for saving money on fuel and how to drive more efficiently. Martins TOP TEN TIPS 10. Slow Down 9. Lose Weight 8. Tyre Pressure…
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New mobile phone laws while driving will come into force from Friday 25 March 2022
New mobile phone laws while driving will come into force from Friday 25 March 2022, the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom has confirmed. Any use of a hand held mobile phone while driving will be illegal. Anyone caught using their mobile phone while driving will face a £200 fine and six points on their…
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Vaccine for Vehicles: Preventing deaths and injuries on UK roads
Vaccine for Vehicles: Preventing deaths and injuries on UK roads – Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) briefing January 2022. PACTS has published a briefing – Vaccine for Vehicles – summarising why the UK government should swiftly adopt a package of 15 safety regulations for vehicles made in the UK. This package will take…
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The Highway Code: 8 changes you need to know from 29 January 2022
Rules for all types of road users will be updated in The Highway Code to improve the safety of people walking, cycling and riding horses. The changes follow a public consultation on a review of The Highway Code to improve road safety for people walking, cycling and riding horses. This ran from July to October 2020,…
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Personalised Driver Training – How real-life data now underpins long-lasting behaviour change
Here and now Health and Safety law states, unambiguously, that you need to assess the risk of everyone who drives for work. It explicitly highlights people who drive their own vehicle for work and those in the gig economy. What’s more, once a risk is assessed, an employer must do everything ‘reasonably practicable’ to protect…
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Changes to the Highway Code: Hierarchy of Road Users
On 29 January 2022, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will publish changes to the Highway Code. The changes made include the amendment of 35 existing rules, the introduction of 12 new and renumbered rules and a new section on the Hierarchy of Road Users. The changes are focused on responsibilities and junctions. The…
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Five reasons why Health and Safety and the driving task go together
Reason One: Employers, and employees, have defined legal health and safety responsibilities Under the Health and Safety Act 1974 in Great Britain, every business must operate a health and safety system. If you have fewer than five employees, you don’t have to write down your health and safety policy, but you must still have one.…
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Proposed changes to The Highway Code published
In 2021 it was announced that The Highway Code will be updated following the input of thousands of drivers, motoring groups and transport organisations in an effort to make UK roads safer. Proposed changes are now available to view on the GOV.UK website Table of changes to The Highway Code Key updates include: Strengthened pedestrian priority…
