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In collaboration with Driving for Better Business (DfBB), The Driver Handbook has now made the Van Driver Toolkit available to users of its mobile app for drivers. Customers of The Driver Handbook can now access the DfBB Van Driver Toolkit which has been produced by DfBB with the National Highways Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention Team. […]

Do you know where an HGV’s blind spots are? 36% of people don’t know how many blind spots an HGV has. National Highways has launched a new #KnowTheZones safety campaign to help raise awareness for other drivers when overtaking HGVs. We’ve made this campaign live in our app this week and are encouraging ALL professional […]

Drivers are exposed to a multitude of occupational health risks and have higher than average rates of obesity, diabetes and blood pressure. Their shifts can be long, sedentary and unsociable. Tight schedules, other road users and security threats also contribute to psychological stress. There may be the occasional medical, policy and declaration, but this is […]

We are experiencing the biggest fall in living standards since records began, food prices continue to soar and energy bills are spiralling out of control. We’re going through a cost of living crisis and second jobs are becoming a temptation that many HGV drivers simply can’t afford not to consider. Over a third of all workers have considered […]

A major source of city air pollution is road traffic, particularly nitrogen dioxide from diesel engines. Air pollution affects everyone especially children, the elderly and those with underlying health conditions. To improve the air we breathe and to reduce exposure to nitrogen dioxide, cities across the UK are introducing Clean Air Zones. Clean Air Zones cover […]

Every Christmas we all work hard to campaign and spread awareness around the real dangers of driving whilst under the influence of alcohol. Yet year on year, the consequence of individual decisions continues to cause devastation on UK roads. Imagine the heartbreak to be told that a loved one won’t be coming home – ever. […]

HGV drivers operate in some of the most unpleasant and stressful working conditions in the UK. Unsociable hours, poor rest facilities and frequent nights out on the road, they work alone, without direct supervision and generally have to protect themselves. As such, under health and safety rules, they are considered lone workers and employers have […]

Concentration, Observation, Anticipation, Space and Time are the COAST principles of defensive driving. However, when a driver’s concentration is interrupted these principles are affected. Distraction comes in a number of forms. There’s the obvious physical distraction when a driver takes a hand off the steering wheel but there are also constant visual, noise and mental […]

Transport managers are used to drivers physically ‘wet’ signing to say they have ‘read and understood’ a whole raft of information, including the content of policy documents, method statements, risk assessments and written instructions. However, under the Electronic Communications Act 2000, electronic signatures and digital time stamps are both legally admissible evidence. In the unfortunate […]

The problem For PMW Quarries, the search for a tool that removed the reliance on paper-based methods of communicating essential information to drivers, seemed to be unsuccessful. The Yorkshire-based supplier of aggregates had been proactively looking for a solution to help with compliance, and also enable efficient distribution of information, whilst not needing to take […]