How to stop microsleeps and prevent collisions
Concentration has to be one of the most important aspects of driving. If we don’t concentrate when we are behind the wheel, sooner or later, we are bound to have a collision. Unfortunately, concentration is one of the first things to be affected by lack of sleep. It’s rare for a driver to completely fall asleep at […]
How to improve your influencing skills
If you’re in a fleet management or health and safety management role there may be occasions when you need to persuade senior managers and drivers alike to raise the priority level of fleet safety and driving standards. Improving your influencing skills can help you do that. Here are a few tips: Work out what makes […]
How to prevent collisions by respecting sleep
How to prevent vehicle collisions by respecting sleep. It’s not something we spend a great deal of time thinking about. Many of us don’t consider the amount and quality of sleep we get. Basically, we don’t give sleep the respect it deserves. It’s a natural function after all and without it, our behaviour is unnatural. […]
Prevent vehicle collisions by taking a different approach
If you’re not winning your risk management battles you’ll find that you can prevent vehicle collisions by taking a different approach. Sir Basil Liddell Hart was a British soldier, military historian and strategist writing in the 1920’s. He studied 280 military campaigns and found that only 6 of those campaigns involved a direct attack on […]
Driving When The Clocks Go Back
This year the clocks go back on Sunday 25th October. There is an annual increase in vehicle accidents following the hour change as drivers must quickly adapt to driving in the dark. It is vital to be more aware when driving at this time of year so it is important to communicate with your drivers […]
Three reasons why FORS accreditation is not reducing your collision frequency and claims costs
I speak to many fleet operators who need help preventing collisions and reducing claims costs. They have accreditation to the Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) and they are still having collisions and insurance costs continue to rise. In fact, I’ve worked with fleet operators with FORS Gold accreditation who have loss ratios well over 100% […]
The power of consequences in changing driver behaviour
The power of consequences in changing driver behaviour must be used effectively. Many organisations which run a fleet of vehicles don’t have a formal approach to introducing a consequence if an employee isn’t meeting appropriate driving standards. Maybe the telematics data is showing up poor driving behaviour, maybe the driver is having regular collisions, there […]
The Secret To Vehicle Collision Prevention
The secret to vehicle collision prevention is to have regular interactions with your employees who drive for work purposes. In some organisations, if a driver isn’t causing any kind of problem, they don’t have a meaningful conversation with their manager in weeks or even months. If that individual is feeling stressed over something in or […]
Debunking 7 Fleet Risk Management Myths
How risk management should be applied to fleets isn’t often taught formally. There is training for fleet managers and training for health and safety managers. But that training for managers doesn’t focus much on collision prevention. Most of the training available relates to the person behind the wheel, not the manager of the driver. With […]
12 Steps To A Collision Free Culture For Your Drivers
A group of people come together to form a workforce and a culture develops. The culture is a collection of shared attitudes, beliefs and ways of behaving. A positive culture means the attitude towards safety is positive. This factor reduces the likelihood of the driving workforce being involved in collisions. Here are your 12 steps to […]
