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Safe Driving
This has been of some commercial importance for many years and shouldn’t really need any further exploring... or should it? Let’s consider the impact of poor or erratic driving in general but using what may be alternative perspective for some?
Accident abuse, as with fuel efficiency, to help determine what cost this delivers on the the business this may warrant a few basic questions being asked, which might include:
- In your organisation, how much does the average accident cost (including incidentals) - the answer may well surprise you?
- In relation to actual profit (not revenue), how many deliveries or collections does this equate to?
- After working out the answers to the previous two questions, now ask how many driver/operative hours or days work are required to recover the cost of an average accident - any surprises with this?
Corporate Manslaughter Bill - in a ‘worst case scenario’, if adequate training, periodic assessments or procedures and policies are not in place, it may be considered that Health & Safety law has been breached and may be viewed as negligence by a competent person i.e. a Director
As we’ve already seen fuel efficiency and safe driving are clearly linked. We’ve looked at fuel efficiency, now lets look at some of the issues surrounding safe driving.
- Additional wear & tear of vehicles and ancillary equipment
- Vehicles and equipment reduced operational life-span
- Vehicle and/or driver operational downtime
- Excessive insurance premiums - how much can these be reduced if better driving were employed
- Driver stress - if a driver becomes over-stressed, as result his driving suffers still further
- Company image - drivers are ambassadors for the company, if driving erratically this reflects negatively on the company
- Enforcement agencies - unprofessional or dangerous driving can put an unfavourable spotlight on companies in relation to VOSA and Traffic Commissioners. This can have serious effects on an OCRS score and thus threaten an ‘O’- licence
After looking at an alternative view of accidents and their cost, it may be worthwhile just touching upon the more traditional aspects of drivers not using safe or defensive driving techniques:
Fuel Efficient Driving Saves Money, The Environment... And Saves Lives
