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Driving For Work
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Work-related road accidents are much more expensive than many employers realise. The estimated full cost can be €8 to €36 for every euro claimed on insurance.
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Driving For Work
95%
95% of all accidents are attributable to human error alone
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Driving For Work
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It is estimated that between 25% and 33% of road traffic collisions involve somebody who was using the road for work purposes.
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Driving For Work
31%
of top Irish companies surveyed in 'Driver Wellbeing' advised they 'never' provide driver training to employees
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Driving For Work
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of top Irish companies surveyed in 'Driver Wellbeing' expressed an interest in using CBT to either train or proritise training of their drivers
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Work-Related Transport Safety
63%
According to the HSA, almost two-thirds of work-related fatalities in Ireland in 2008 involved workplace transport,
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61%
of at-work drivers also admit to regularly leaving less than a two-second gap, compared to 40% of drivers who don’t drive for work
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of at-work drivers admit to travelling at least 10mph (16kph) faster on motorways, compared to 47% of drivers who don’t drive for work
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Driving for Work
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In a 2008 survey of 1,506 people by Nationwide Mutual Insurance in the USA, 81% of drivers acknowledged that they talk on phones while driving. 98% considered themselves safe drivers and 45% said they had been hit or nearly hit by a driver talking on a phone!
Source: New York Times July 19, 2009
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Free Driving for Work Seminars
Date: 12, 13, 26, & 27 October 2011
Venue: Limerick, Waterford, Galway & Dublin
Cost: FREE
In October, An Garda Síochána, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) will be running a series of
FREE seminars around the country to promote the importance of having Safe Driving for Work practices.
"Driving for work involves risks not only for the driver but also for fellow workers, members of the public and road-users, especially
vulnerable road-users such as pedestrians and cyclists. Employers, managers and supervisors must, by law, manage the risks that
employees face and create when they drive for work. These seminars will be of particular interest to organisations and companies, big
and small, whose employees drive on the road as part of their work in either a company vehicle or their own vehicle".
Seminars will take place in the following locations:
Wednesday 12th October The Strand Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick
Thursday 13th October The Granville Hotel, The Quay, Waterford
Wednesday 26th October The Carlton Hotel, Dublin Road, Galway
Thursday 27th October The Green Isle Hotel, Newlands Cross, Dublin
Seminar Agenda
8:45am Registration / Tea and Coffee
9:15am Opening Address
9:25am Managing Driving for Work – Challenge for Employers (HSA)
9:45am Road Safety in the Workplace (RSA)
10:05am Policing the Road Environment (An Garda Síochána)
10:25am Q&A Session
10:45am Refreshments
11:00am Driving for Work Case Study ESB
11:30am Driving for Work Case Study KTL Ltd.
12:00pm Q&A (Close of seminar at approximately 12:45pm)
For further information & to book your FREE place, go to www.drivingforwork.ie
Free Driving for Work Seminars 2011
