Road Safety
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Proposed mobile phone ban
Licence Bureau has given its full support to the House of Commons Transport Committee’s call for a complete ban on mobile phone usage whilst driving, suggesting it is ‘long overdue and enforceable’. Now in its fifth year of a complete mobile phone use ban for all employees whilst driving, Licence Bureau’s MD claims the enforcement…
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Road safety awareness for light commercial operators
With mixed data sets downplaying the risks of driving for work and confusion surrounding grey fleets, Licence Bureau is calling on light commercial vehicle (LCV) operators to ensure they are fully aware of the challenges faced.
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Assessing Fitness to Drive – A Guide for Medical Professionals
This guide replaces the previous DVLA ‘At a Glance’ guide, and helps medical professionals to make informed decisions when talking to their patients about medical conditions affecting their ability to drive.
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Simply the best – prioritising fleet safety
Licence Bureau’s Malcolm Maycock is privileged to host a Risk Management break out session focusing on Grey Fleet driver management at the event, which brings together leaders of the UK fleet industry.
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Reported road casualties in Great Britain: quarterly provisional estimates year ending June 2018
There were 1,770 road deaths in the year ending June 2018. This is a similar level to that seen since 2012. There were 26,610 people killed or seriously injured (KSI) reported to the police in the year ending June 2018. This compares to 26,664 in the year ending June 2017. There were 165,100 casualties of…
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Incident reporting loophole
A loophole in road incident reporting measures is significantly downplaying the risks associated with driving for work, according to Licence Bureau. The UK’s leading supplier of Driver Licence validation services has highlighted considerable misalignment between incident reporting mechanisms and published data sets which reduce public and corporate awareness of the risks associated with driving for…
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Help make our roads a safer place for all: Christmas 2018
Licence Bureau reminds businesses of festive season driver compliance risks Licence Bureau is reminding business drivers and fleet operators that with the festive season now in full-swing, compliance should remain top of the agenda. In-line with the ‘party spirit’ around this time of year, Licence Bureau is advising compliance managers to pay specific attention to…
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Brake Fleet Survey Reports
2018 – Vulnerable Road Users 2017 – Driver Distractions 2016 – The Brake Pledge 2015 – Part 2: Speed: policy, education and community 2015 – Part 1: Technology 2014 – Part 2: Policies to protect vulnerable road users 2013 – Part 4: vehicle maintenance 2013 – Part 3: driver distraction 2013 – Part 1: young…
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Snakes and monkeys cause driver concern on UK roads
Snakes and monkeys proved to be one of the top concerns for a foreign driver set to take to the UK’s roads. The concern, expressed by a southeast Asia driver, was raised during one of Licence Bureau’s new online training courses for fleets – MyUK – designed to help foreign drivers stay safe on UK…
