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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
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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
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According to the HSA, almost two-thirds of work-related fatalities in Ireland in 2008 involved workplace transport,
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Driving For Work
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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Driving 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
45%
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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DriverFocus Driver Safety Events
Roundup of Safe Driving Events
Safe & Sober Driving for Work Seminar |
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Date: 24 May 2012, 10:00am–1:00pm Driving for work involves risks for your employees but also for other road users. Employers, managers and supervisors need to manage the risks that employees face and create when they drive for work. After speeding, drink-driving remains the second biggest contributory factor leading to road crashes in Europe. In companies, the alcohol interlock is used as a quality assurance tool to comply with a company's alcohol and drugs policy. With the alcohol interlock, a company can guarantee that they only use sober drivers for their transport services. Many companies have already had alcohol interlocks in their vehicles as an excellent guarantee of safe and sober transport services. More and more municipalities, county councils, public agencies and companies that source passenger and goods transport services are making alcohol interlocks a requirement in negotiating contracts and other public tenders. In this context, the European Transport Safety Council together with the Road Safety Authority (RSA), the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and An Garda Siochana are setting up a Business to Business seminar in Dublin on the implementation and use of alcohol interlocks in small, large and public companies. Debates will focus on the good practice in developing organisational policy and process for alcohol as well as implementation processes, timeline, costs, benefits and feedback from experienced companies. |
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Free Driving for Work Seminars |
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Date: 12, 13, 26, & 27 October 2011 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".
Wednesday 12th October The Strand Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick Seminar Agenda For further information & to book your FREE place, go to www.drivingforwork.ie |
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Brake Fleet Safety Forum Best of the Best Event 2011 |
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Date: 3 March 2011 The 8th annual Fleet Safety Forum Conference provides fleet managers with an opportunity to hear detailed case studies from fleet safety managers and suppliers This event is organised by the Fleet Safety Forum, a division of Brake, the road safety charity, and kindly sponsored by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance. Who should attend? It’s relevant for: • Truck, bus and coach fleet managers About the Fleet Safety Forum: TO REGISTER: |
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Telematics explained_ using technology to improve driver safety |
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Telematics explained: using technology to improve driver safety In-vehicle technology can offer huge benefits to drivers and fleet managers by providing |
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RSA & HSA Driving for Work Seminars |
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Following on from the launch of the 'Driving for Work - A Guide for Employers' in June 2009, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) are running a series of nationwide seminars in June to highlight the importance of safe driving for work. The seminars will be of interest to all organisations whose employees drive on the road as part of their work, whether in a company provided vehicle or their own vehicle. Seminars dates and venues: DriverFocus recommends that appropriate senior managers and director with nominated responsibility for health & safety, should attend one of these half-day events to pick up some very useful information. Further details can be downloaded here too. |
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Brake Best of the Best Conference |
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Date: Tuesday 2 March 2010 The 7th annual Fleet Safety Forum Conference provides fleet managers with an opportunity to hear detailed case studies from fleet safety managers and suppliers • Government policy – latest developments This event is organised by the Fleet Safety Forum, a division of Brake, the road safety charity, and kindly sponsored by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance. Who should attend? It’s relevant for: • Truck, bus and coach fleet managers About the Fleet Safety Forum: TO REGISTER: |
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Previous Events |
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Event: Fleet Safety Forum - Best of the Best Awards 2009 'Rewarding Innovation - Protecting Life' is the theme of the Brake Fleet Safety Forum's annual awards which take place in Warwickshire on 25 June, 2009. The Fleet Safety Forum Awards are a brilliant community event, bringing together people across the motor industry who are passionate about stopping death and injury on roads through risk management. There are 10 award categories - including Road Risk Manager, Road Safety in the Community and Fleet Safety Product of the Year. Not only that, it’s all in aid of Brake, the Road Safety Charity. The Fleet Safety Forum is a division of Brake. Entirely charitable and not-for-profit, it stops deaths and injuries involving vehicles being driven for work by providing acclaimed road safety information to help companies manage road risk. Topics covered are wide ranging, from eliminating drug use among drivers, to benchmarking incident rates and improving driver assessments. For more information, see brochure here http://www.brake.org.uk/resources/downloads/FSF%20awards%2009%20flyer.pdf
Organisers say this intensive one-day conference will provide insight on corporate and financial risk to help you unlock potential savings from more effective fleet operations. Key highlights Four case studies:
Blueprint of a cost-efficient fleet - what every fleet must do Legal update - the impact of poor risk management from a legal point of view Further information: http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/risk-in-fleet/
Event International Conference on Road Safety at Work Road traffic crashes are a leading cause of workplace death, injury, and disability in many countries around the world. Workers, families, businesses, and society all suffer the consequences of workplace crashes. Because rapid motorization and economic development go hand in hand, workers in the developing world are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the risk of road traffic crashes. The International Conference on Road Safety at Work, organized by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and co-sponsors, will provide a forum for business, labor, policy makers, and the research community to address this important topic. The ‘white paper’ from the event, prepared by NIOSH contractor Dr. Will Murray, serves two purposes: to provide delegates to the International Conference on Road Safety at Work with a global assessment of occupational road safety as background for participation in the conference; and to stimulate discussion that will lead to a ‘proceedings’ document from the conference. After the conference, Dr. Murray and conference organizers will collaborate to incorporate information from conference presentations and discussions into this draft document. Further information: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/twu/global/pdfs/WhitePaper.pdf
On Wednesday 11 February 2009, Brake held its annual Best of the Best Fleet Safety Forum conference at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham. The event was organised by Brake, the UK road safety charity, with sponsorship from Mitsui Sumitomo. Session 1: Government policy, projects and legal developments
Government developments on work-related road safety
Road Safety Academy: providing the toolkit to give life saving training to company drivers
Legal responsibilities: developments in duty of care Session 2: Vehicle Safety and Maintenance
Reducing road risk through vehicle safety initiatives Session 3: Driver safety - assessment, training and incentives
Protecting your drivers through fleet safety procedures
Incentivise, reward and acknowledge: a collaborative approach to driver incentive schemes
Hi-tech risk management: using telematics to assess and improve driving behaviour Session 4: Partnership working
A winning team: using award winning partners to achieve fleet safety best practice Session 5: Developing a safety culture: throughout the business and beyond
Investing in future drivers: taking road safety culture into the community
Sustaining a results driven fleet safety culture across national boundaries Further Information: http://www.brake.org.uk/resources/downloads/FSF%20awards%2009%20flyer.pdf
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