Further Reading

In this section you'll find a series of News Stories and Articles related to driving at work and Occupational Road Risk. Sourced from varies places across the internet, we have where possible included links to the orignal article. We can't be held responsible for the content of any third party website.

 

Below is a sample of the articles available and on the left are links to more news articles and features.

 

 

Employers must take zero-tolerance approach to using 'private' company cars. Bosses who allow employees to use their own cars for business could unknowingly be giving them a licence to kill.....

New corporate manslaughter laws from April 2008 Lawyers are warning that firms up and down the country are failing to grasp the implication of a forthcoming new Act of Parliament.

New laws will come into force from April as part of the corporate manslaughter Act which means firms could end up in court facing charges of causing death by negligence....

What’s your excuse? The new corporate manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act will be coming into force from 6th April 2008. Have you decided how you are going to manage your company’s work-related road safety in order to avoid prosecution in the event of a death or serious injury involving one of your drivers on the road? Will you be putting reliable risk management procedures in place? Will they satisfy the requirements of the new legislation? Or are you going to wait and see what happens?......

 

The human, legal and financial consequences of failing to manage Occupational Road Risk makes a compelling argument for implementing an effective fleet driver training programme regardless of the size of your organization and your fleet....

 

Fleet managers understand the risk but their bosses don't! The feedback from many fleet managers is that they ‘get it’ but that their bosses don’t see it as high priority. So what are the potential consequences for the business as a whole?....

The corporate manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill finally comes into force on 6 April 2008 after years of legal wrangling.
Will it affect me? You bet. Our Q&A tells you how the law works – and what the penalties are.
What is this new bill?...

Fleet managers have a responsability to encourage their employees to drive more responsably

Twenty people a week are killed in this workplace. It’s not a coal mine, an oil platform or a construction site ­ it’s the company car......