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Safedrive Fleet & Instructor Training are specialist providers of driver training. Our courses include fleet driver assessment, eco driving skills, trailer training and driving instructor training.

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Driver assessment and driver training from Safedrive

Around 1/3 of all road deaths occur 'at work'. In 2009 that amounted to over 800 people killed 'at work'. Did you know that driving for work is the third most dangerous (likely to result in death) occupation in the UK, beaten only by deep sea fishing and mining and more dangerous than construction or agriculture ?

Every business that uses fork lift trucks knows that it must provide training for drivers of these vehicles. Every business that uses hot, sharp, heavy . . . . in fact ANY activity that may be dangerous must provide training, guards, protective equipment, risk assessments, method statements . . . . in order to reduce and wherever possible remove risk.

And yet many businesses fail even to make a regular check on their employees driving licences let alone provide any kind of driver training or driver assessment (which is actually a legal requirement) - giving their employees what amount to high speed, 1 ton killing machines and ordering them to drive on roads containing 30 million other high speed, 1 ton killing machines.

Even fewer have any kind of Road Risk Management plan.

if your business requires anyone to drive as part of their work, in either a company provided vehicle or their own you have an obligation under several Acts to provide regular driver training and driver assessment. The most relevant being :-

Health & Safety at Work Act 1974

Management of Health & Safety at Work regulations 1999

Corporate Homicide & Corporate Manslaughter Acts - came into effect in April 2008

Health & Safety (offences) Act 2008 - came into effect in Feb 2009 

So, other than potentially closing your business, facing an unlimited fine, being forced to publicise nationally at your own expense your failings and of course personally imprisoned what do you and your business stand to gain ?

Lower road risk - leading to fewer insurance claims and repair bills

Less risk to your drivers - meaning less days 'lost'

Less driver stress & anger - driving needn't be a chore.

Lower fuel costs - an immediate improvement to your 'bottom line'

Lower servicing costs - another improvement to your 'bottom line'

Better company image -  fewer "I've just been cut up by one of your vehicles" calls.

Training is very tax efficient - pay less tax

Get to go home alive - don't  get killed whilst driving for work.