We use and recommend
three market leaders to help give good advice:
for detailed assessment and recommendations,
for vehicle tracking and we are members of The Association for Road Risk Management
It is estimated that fewer than 20% of
companies operate an effective Road Risk Management policy. There are
many reasons why Companies haven't acted yet and these include:
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Road risk is only one of many business
risks
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Unsure where to start
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Don’t see a financial benefit
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Think that drivers having a licence is
sufficient proof of competance to drive on business
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However,
organisations that don’t act are not only potentially gambling with
the lives of their staff and therefore failing to provide appropriate
‘duty of care’, but they have missed an
opportunity to reduce vehicle costs and reputational risk within their
business. Driving in general and driving ‘at work’ in particular is a
high-risk activity and the costs, when it all goes wrong, can be
substantial. ‘Doing nothing’ is not a rational business decision as
the business-wide benefits of assessing road risk, measuring it & then
managing it, cannot be ignored.
The 'Duty of Care' legal situation Under the
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 employers have a statutory duty -
they are required – ‘to carry out an assessment of the risks to the
health and safety of their employees ’ and that ‘includes any driving
activity on the road’ – see http://www.hse.gov.uk/roadsafety/employers.htm |