Safer Driving for Work Handbook

This compact booklet is ideal as an induction and ongoing driver education tool containing all the information a driver needs to help keep them safe on the road.

Driving is the most dangerous work activity that most people do. About 20 people are killed and 250 seriously injured every week in crashes involving someone who was driving, riding or otherwise using the road for work purposes.
The HSE says that ‘health and safety law applies to on-the-road work activities as to all work activities and the risks should be effectively managed within a health and safety system’.

Employers therefore have a duty of care towards their drivers. One way to comply with this is to make sure their drivers have the relevant information to hand in an easy-to-understand format.

In response to popular demand, RoSPA has produced an updated and new ‘Driving for Work Handbook’. This compact booklet is ideal as an induction and ongoing driver education tool containing all the information a driver needs to help keep them safe on the road.

Topics include:
• Journey planning
• Pre-drive checks
• Fitness to drive
• Safe driving tips
• Motorway driving
• Driving at night
• Poor weather
• Accidents, breakdowns and emergencies