History was made in the fleet driving sector in law on the 17th February 2011; Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings were fined £385,000 following a fatal incident after the company failed to take precautionary measures to prevent health and safety risks.

This sets an important precedent for fleet managers, which should make any business who employs drivers who driver for work consider their driver risks very carefully.  As with any health and safety risks, identifying risks, judging how much risk there is, and taking reasonable measures to reduce this. 

Monitoring and assessing risk within driving can be done in a number of ways, but in my opinion the most affective is to observe drivers in everyday tasks.  Driving is one of the most risky job done on a daily basis, but is often not perceived as risky at all.  This can make the job of coaching and improvement more exciting and rewarding. 

There are many advantages to driver training, not only can this reduce risk, but can also save fuel and wear and tear on vehicles.  Simply checking that the driver has a driving licence and how many points they have is no where near enough assessment of the risks involved.  Most drivers find they learn a great deal and improve their driving greatly from even the shortest on-road or classroom training session.

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