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Looking forward with clarity

Fleet Risk Consultants — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:51:18 +0000

I have been using a product on the glass in my car for the last few months and I am now at the point where I can share the proven benefits of using a glass treatment product.
The product I am using is RainX and it is, in my opinion, brilliant. It works be creating a [...]

Ah, it’s January and what to do first?

Fleet Risk Consultants — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:57:50 +0000

You have employed some great people to work for you, but are you sure they have a valid driving licence?
I always advise my clients that the first job of the New Year is to collect all the driving licences of their employees and check they are valid. There are a couple of great reasons [...]

It looks like it will finally turn cold!

Fleet Risk Consultants — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:33:37 +0000

The weather forecast in the UK is for it to turn cold and we may be in for some snow. This presents a few hazards, but the biggest is that the majority of drivers in the UK do not know how to drive in snowy conditions.
They are either too cautious, getting nowhere at all, [...]

Why Human Resources Departments need to be cautious

Fleet Risk Consultants — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:41:09 +0000

Whilst I was at a recent meeting we had a discussion about how to deal with drivers who hold a non-UK driving licence and more particularly drivers from within the European Union.
Managing your ‘duty of care’ can be tricky with European drivers as it is illegal to discriminate against them by having different [...]

You need to be seen

Fleet Risk Consultants — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:08:06 +0000

Having spent a significant time driving in the early hours recently, or at least before the sun has emerged from its slumber, I have noticed an increasing number of vehicles driving without lights or with defective lights.
Now defective lights are an obvious defect, but it usually means that the driver has got other defects too. [...]

Corporate Manslaughter Legislation – A Practical Example Part 2

Fleet Risk Consultants — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:50:59 +0000

In yesterdays example of an incident that could attract the attention of the authorities in connection with Corporate Manslaughter Legislation I laid out a typical crash scenario. Today I shall lay before you the next stage of the process, the investigation.
You will remember that the incident occurred at 08:40 hours.

By Midday the Police [...]

Corporate Manslaughter Legislation – A Practical Example Part 1

Fleet Risk Consultants — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:49:53 +0000

There have been many discussions about the Corporate Manslaughter Legislation and the effect it will have on the way businesses operate. Most of those discussions are based on a best guess scenario and assumptions as we have not yet had a headline prosecution under the legislation.
I will not be making guesses at an eventual [...]

Smart witness camera special offer coming to an end soon!

Fleet Risk Consultants — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:51:59 +0000

A great new product for all types of vehicles that will protect your no claims bonus against false accusations and your licence against incorrect driving convictions is the Smart Witness Vehicle Journey Recorder. This amazing piece of equipment has been designed to provide a visual recording of an accident, other events or even a whole [...]

Keeping your vehicle safe and legal

Fleet Risk Consultants — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:35:44 +0000

Looking after your drivers both in and out of their vehicles.

Fleet Risk Consultants — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:35:44 +0000

The trouble with vehicles is, that as they are being driven, you know less about where they are and what they are doing. If you are a business this can present you with a problem because you have both a legal and moral responsibility to ensure that the vehicles are being driven safely and [...]