As we come to the end of another strange and sometimes difficult year, let’s look ahead and think about how we can make life better for fleets next year.
Improving driver safety can save money, keep your people safe, and protect your organisation from noncompliance with the law. Here are some resolutions that will help make your 2022 safe and stress-free.
If you’re among the one in three businesses that has no fleet policy in place, this should be a priority. It’s required by law to have one, so keep yourself and your people out of harm’s way and get started.
This guide from the HSE, outlines what you’ll to consider when creating your fleet policy. If you don’t know where to start, get in touch and find out how easy it can be with our help.
For companies who want to empower their staff and enhance their development as well as improve safety, training is the best possible answer. Ranging from full advanced driving courses, to tailored courses aimed at correcting specific issues your drivers might have, virtual or physical classroom learning or automated e-learning – training can take whatever form best suits your organisation.
Having a fleet policy and investing in training are both, most importantly, about protecting your most important asset: your people. Creating a culture of safety consciousness aims to create a caring, supportive work environment, in which staff can and should inform policy decisions affecting all aspects of workplace safety.
You can also read our latest whitepaper, Driving for work: the importance of wellbeing, to learn about how mental and physical health and the effects of fatigue affect those who drive for work, and gain some practical advice on how to ensure that this key area of workplace safety is addressed in the wake of the pandemic.
As fleets grow in size, understanding the risks can grow intimidatingly complicated. That’s why fleet risk management platforms like CHOICES are invaluable: easy driver onboarding, automated licence checking, driver risk assessment, delivery of e-learning and flagging high-risk drivers for additional training makes a complicated task incredibly easy.
CHOICES maximises the information available to fleet managers, while minimizing the effort required to gather this information.
Whatever your resolutions, we wish you a safe and happy new year!
Think we can help with your fleet safety resolutions? Get in touch and find out what we can do.
