The Professional Driver Training Organisation.
We are experts in managing the risks associated with driving at work. We use a committed and enthusiastic team of highly qualified and motivated professional driver trainers, providing outstanding driver training services to both individuals and fleet customers.
Work related road accidents are the biggest cause of work-related accidental death. Between 800 and 1000 people are killed annually in Road Traffic collisions. Road collisions don't just result in a large bill, but also reduce company profits and business efficiency. The true costs of collisions to organisations are nearly always higher than just the costs of repairs and insurance claims.
We offer all that is required to put into place your MORR (Managing Occupational Road Risk) policy. When implementing a Work Related Road Safety Policy within any organisation, immediate improvements are found in controlling the costs in areas like vehicle wear and tear and fuel consumption.
We have a proven track record of delivering a range of exceptional driver training courses that have demonstrated success at reducing collisions and the related costs.
All reputable companies will have carried out risk assessments and formulated policies for the safety of employees in the work premises and when using equipment. However, many have not recognised, or managed the risks associated with people who drive for work. Any business or organisation along with their employees has a Duty of Care to ensure all reasonable steps are taken to reduce risk at work and on the road.
Company car and van drivers are involved in about one in every four serious road collisions and every week around 200 road deaths and serious injuries involve fleet drivers. The cost to businesses runs into millions – fleet repairs, insurance, time off work for drivers and missed deadlines to name a few. It is estimated that one in three of the 3 million company cars on the roads will be involved in a collision every year. The Health & Safety at Work Act, Corporate Manslaughter legislation and case law all mean that employers must consider what risks their employees are involved with – even when they are driving.
Wherever your employees are, whilst driving vehicles on company business they are at work. So their workplace can be in the cab of a vehicle, on a road, at a client's property, or on top of or inside the vehicle. Clearly this type of work activity can expose them to considerable risk of injury.
Businesses and organisations need to recognise that the road is fast becoming an extension of the workplace. Wherever your employees are driving on company business, whether in a car, van or LGV, they are at work. Accordingly you have legal obligations, primarily under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure the safety of your employees (and indeed non-employees).In addition, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require you as an employer, to produce 'suitable and sufficient' risk assessments with appropriate controls in order to prevent accidents through driving at work.
If an employee takes a new role operating heavy machinery in a factory, there are rules in place mandating an induction and training on how to operate the machinery effectively. When it comes to someone being given a company car to drive on business, the question of adequate driver training in terms of how they handle that vehicle is just as important.