Yearly Archives: 2023

THINK before you drink this Christmas. Every year we all work hard to campaign and spread awareness around the dangers of driving whilst under the influence of alcohol. Yet year on year, the consequence of driver decisions continues to cause devastation or loss of vocation. Imagine the heartbreak to be told that a loved one won’t […]

Essential driver walkaround check information on the .gov website, in over 20 different languages is now available in The Driver Handbook. The translations are designed to help drivers with their routine before, during and after use checks where English is a second or foreign language. The guidance in all translated languages is the same as […]

The theme for this year’s Brake Road Safety Week campaign is ‘Let’s talk about SPEED’. The impact of speeding can be devastating and the difference of a few miles per hour can mean the difference between life and death. Also, many collisions happen whilst driving within the speed limit, but too fast for the road or […]

Approximately 90% of the information drivers use is visual and eyes are one of the most important road safety features. However, there are different areas of blindspot around HGVs and a complete mirror system enables indirect vision to these areas. It’s critical that drivers know the different mirror class types, their legal field of vision and […]

As a FORS accredited operator with a fleet of drawbar and artic trucks, and also offering HGV garage services, W.I.T. wanted a paperless solution to share information with its drivers and technicians. Following a demo in the summer of 2022, W.I.T. implemented The Driver Handbook for its 30+ driving staff to have the flexibility to […]

It’s a fact of life. Things don’t always go as planned. Even if you’ve meticulously prepared your day to the last detail, it will more than likely work out differently. Ensuring drivers are ready for every situation and know what to do when things go wrong can help remove stress, uncertainty and helps gets things back […]

A new 20mph speed limit now applies to residential and busy pedestrian streets with streetlights in Wales. This is to make roads safer reducing the number of collisions, severe injuries and the impact on the NHS. It is also expected to encourage more people to walk and cycle, help to improve health and wellbeing, and […]

EU drivers’ hours rules apply to drivers of vehicles (or trailer combinations) exceeding 3.5 tonnes GVW and vehicles fitted with more than nine passenger seats. They are a complicated set of rules made even more complex when overlaid with the Working Time Directive. Whether it’s driving time, working time, rest breaks or periods of availability […]

Vehicles don’t have accidents, people do. It is not generally due to a misunderstanding of the rules, but more often than not, due to a lapse in concentration, a genuine mistake or a deliberate breaking of the rules. Whether it’s speed, distraction, mobile phone use or a disregard for other road users, all can lead […]

Wheels and tyres are the final element in a vehicle’s transmission train and are essential to a vehicle’s stability and control. They are the only component that keeps a vehicle in frictional contact with the road and are constantly exerting the pressures of steering, braking and acceleration. If a wheel or tyre fails at speed, […]