What’s your excuse?

Calendar As I explained last month, the new Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act will be coming into force from 6th April next year. Have you decided how you are going to manage your company’s work-related road safety in order to avoid prosecution in the event of a death or serious injury involving one of your drivers on the road? Will you be putting reliable risk management procedures in place? Will they satisfy the requirements of the new legislation? Or are you going to wait and see what happens?

What could possibly happen?

If you are the person responsible for managing work-related road safety or if it is part of your job specification, then you will be first port of call for any investigation involving a fatality or serious injury. Are you sure you want to wait and see what happens then?

Is this just a case of overreaction?

4 months to go You could argue that, with so many new laws coming into force these days, people are overreacting to every one that comes along and that, like banning conkers and festive lights, we are living in a nanny state. This is simply not the case. The safety of those who are asked to drive whilst at work cannot be overemphasised. If the adherence to simple safety measures and standard operating procedures can reduce the quite significant risk that a driver faces on today’s roads then that has to be a good thing.

How important is your drivers’ welfare?

If you are in charge of managing your company’s work-related road safety then you cannot afford to wait and see what happens if a serious incident occurs. You cannot insure against the more serious risks of negligent management practices such as loss of your key personnel, and damage to your company’s goodwill, reputation and market value.

What can you do about it?

People who are serious about managing work-related road safety effectively use RiskMaster. It is the only system that assesses driver risk at all times. Now you know, there’s no excuse. To find out more please contact marcus@fsguk.com.

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