Road Safety
-
£450k fine for failing to manage driver fatigue
Renown Consultants has been fined £450,000 after its failure to manage driver fatigue led to the deaths of two employees. The firm, which trades as Renown Railway Services, was found guilty of health and safety offences at Nottingham Crown Court in March. It was also ordered to pay £300,000 in court costs. The case was brought…
-
TTC Group goes online to deliver driver training
Licence Bureau’s parent company TTC Group is now delivering its JAUPT (Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training) approved driver CPC courses online. With the Covid-19 pandemic bringing a halt to all classroom-based courses, TTC Group has obtained formal approval from JAUPT – the organisation responsible for quality assurance programmes across centres and courses for the driver CPC…
-
Remember we’re in this together
As a business we’ve started to help customers by working differently. We’re now delivering “Empowered Driving Courses” online. Not particularly extraordinary but we are trying to continue improving road safety during these unsettling times. To find out more about the new Empowered Driving online course, please call Martin Starkey, Training Manager on 07938 379101 or…
-
Business found guilty after driver fatigue death
Two railway welders died in a road traffic accident as a result of their employer, Renown Consultants Ltd, failing to ensure that they were sufficiently rested to work and travel safely. Nottingham Crown Court heard that Zac Payne, 20, and Michael Morris, 48, died on 19 June 2013 when Payne fell asleep at the wheel of…
-
Empowering business drivers in bid to increase road safety
Licence Bureau has launched Empowered Driving – its new driver training solution designed to optimise business risk management controls and put personal safety management back into the hands of drivers. Empowered Driving gives business drivers the ability to re-evaluate the way they drive and bring new ways of thinking to the forefront. It provides drivers…
-
Greater focus on driver eyesight tests
Licence Bureau is backing a call to make regular eye tests mandatory as data revealed 134 drivers a week have their driving licence revoked for not meeting the minimum eyesight requirements. The DVLA data, obtained by Direct Line Motor Insurance, highlighted that on average 7,000 people a year lose their licence due to failing eye-sight…
-
2019 Sixth Former Road Safety Education Programme
Licence Bureau’s education of sixth formers in Hertfordshire on crucial road safety messages has again been well received during Road Safety Week 2019. Ian McCarthy, Director of Sixth Form at John F. Kennedy Catholic School said, “Over the last two years the Licence Bureau have lead sessions to our Year 12 students as part of…
-
Encouraging road safety focus during Road Safety Week
As part of Road Safety Week 2019 (18-24 November), coordinated by Brake, Licence Bureau is calling on fleet operators to ‘step up’ their road safety focus. Licence Bureau is urging businesses that the week provides an ideal opportunity to remind its employees about the importance of everyone’s contribution to road safety whether they drive a…
-
Road Risk: Good Management or Good Luck?
This year’s CILT Transport & Logistics Safety Forum conference which Licence Bureau are supporting brings together Occupational Road Risk experts and will focus on promoting and raising awareness of the need for organisations to proactively manage road risk rather than leaving it all to luck! The CILT Transport & Logistics Safety Forum conference will demonstrate how the consistent implementation of best…
