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Road Safety Awareness Driver safety is your responsibility How aware are you? Andrew Drewary FCILT MAIRSO Monday 16 th April 2018 Industry expertise Dealt with over 37,000 collisions/incidents Industry recognition Awards Safety Award*


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Road Safety Awareness

Driver safety is your responsibility How aware are you?

Andrew Drewary FCILT MAIRSO

Monday 16th April 2018

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Industry expertise

Dealt with over 37,000 collisions/incidents

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Industry recognition

Awards

  • Safety Award*

SHD Logistics Awards 2017

  • Safety Award*

CILT National Awards 2016

  • Analysis & Action Award

Brake Fleet Safety Awards 2016

  • Fleet Partnership Award**

Brake Fleet Safety Awards 2016 Nominations

  • Road Risk Manager of the Year

Brake Fleet Safety Awards 2017

  • Safety Award

CILT North West Awards 2016

  • Best Practice Award

CILT North West Awards 2016

* In collaboration with Owens Group UK Ltd ** CILT Transport & Logistics Safety Forum Committee

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Lets be safe out there!!

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Do you need to consider change?

Lets look at the following:

  • How well do you know your drivers?
  • What are the moral obligations? Improved road safety for all
  • What are the economic consequences? Prevention is better than cure
  • What are the legal consequences? Potential for criminal charges
  • Duty of care to provide a safe working environment
  • Driving is most dangerous work activity: 600 deaths to 144 deaths
  • Do you fulfil your regulatory obligations? Public Inquiry, FORS, CLOCS
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Things to think about

Things we are going to cover:

  • Speeding and hazard perception
  • Alcohol
  • Drugs
  • Mobile phones/portable equipment
  • Medical conditions
  • Technology
  • Load Security
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Speeding and hazard perception

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Speeding and hazard perception

The need not to speed!

  • When was the last time your drivers read the Highway Code?
  • How many vehicles on the UK roads?
  • Vans 11% - Motorcycles 3.5% - HGVs 1.3% - Taxis 0.8% - Buses 0.44%
  • Are ‘vehicle driver’ reputations justified?
  • Society/customers are driving the need to speed
  • Do you have and implement a speeding policy?
  • Do your drivers know what is?
  • What are the consequences and current penalties?
  • Personal
  • Corporate
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Alcohol

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Alcohol

When non for the road is the only answer!

  • Which month are you most likely to be caught drink/drug driving?
  • The morning after!
  • What are the current limits?
  • Do you know if any of your drivers have an alcohol problem?

Ryszard Masierak

26th August 2017 - M1 Guilty x 8 - Death by dangerous driving Guilty x 4 - Serious injury by dangerous driving Twice the legal limit Licence revoked 37 days earlier

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Alcohol

When non for the road is the only answer!

  • Which month are you most likely to be caught drink/drug driving?
  • The morning after!
  • What are the current limits?
  • Do you know if any of your drivers have an alcohol problem?
  • Do you have and implement an alcohol and testing policy?
  • Do your drivers know what is?
  • What are the consequences?
  • i. Personal
  • ii. Corporate
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Drugs

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Drugs

Fully aware or impaired?

  • How many drugs are illegal to take while driving?
  • Are prescribed drugs illegal to take while driving?
  • What must you remember if taking prescribed drugs?
  • What are the current limits?
  • Do you know if any of your drivers have a drug problem?
  • Do you have and implement a drugs policy?
  • Are your drivers aware of it?
  • What are the consequences and current penalties?
  • i. Personal
  • ii. Corporate
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Mobile phones/portable equipment

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Wait to take that call!

  • Who has used their mobile phone while driving?
  • Who has pulled over to talk, check or send a text/email?
  • What about hands free?

Mobile phone/portable equipment

David Wagstaff

26th August 2017 - M1 Guilty x 8 - Death by careless driving On ‘hands free’ for an hour

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Wait to take that call!

  • Who has used their mobile phone while driving?
  • Who has pulled over to talk, check or send a text/email?
  • What about hands free?
  • Who has called a driver knowing they are driving?
  • What is your drivers interpretation of the current legislation?
  • Do you have and implement a mobile phone policy?
  • Do your drivers know what is?
  • What are the current penalties?
  • i. Personal
  • ii. Corporate

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Mobile phone/portable equipment

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Medical conditions

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Medical conditions

Fit to drive and stay alive!

  • Have all your drivers had an eye test in the last 12 months?
  • Fatigue?
  • How many medical conditions are reportable to DVLA?
  • Has a driver advised you they have reported a condition to DVLA?

Harry Clarke

22th December 2014 – Glasgow 6 killed 15 seriously injured Failed to declare medical conditions

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Medical conditions

Fit to drive and stay alive!

  • Have all your drivers had an eye test in the last 12 months?
  • Fatigue?
  • How many medical conditions are reportable to DVLA?
  • Has a driver advised you they have reported a condition to DVLA?
  • What about short term medical conditions?
  • Do you have and implement a policy for reporting medical conditions?
  • What are the consequences of not reporting these to DVLA?
  • i. Personal
  • ii. Corporate
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Summary

  • Engagement, education and re-education
  • Embed, implement and continuously manage policies robustly
  • Risks continue to change
  • Private life = employer risk
  • Drivers need to manage themselves – not just be managed
  • Do not assume your driver has told you everything
  • The need to challenge
  • Failure to know is a catastrophe waiting to happen
  • Have a ‘Disaster Plan’ in place
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Finally!!!

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