A not-for-profit campaign to prevent crashes and reduce pollution caused by vehicles used for work purposes
Whenever we think about things that can improve fleet safety, telematics systems should be one of your first considerations. When used correctly, these all-seeing little black boxes have the potential to revolutionise our businesses, stop… [Read More]
What are you doing to effectively manage your grey fleet risks? The fleet management professional is responsible for looking after your organisation’s entire fleet including, if it has one, the grey fleet. A grey fleet… [Read More]
Since the last time ETSC published a report looking at the safety of goods and passenger transport in 2013, the transport sector has continued to evolve. Just-in-time delivery in many industries; next-day delivery of single… [Read More]
The speed and scale of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is having a serious effect on mental health for some individuals. Stress is a prominent risk factor for alcohol misuse and people appear to… [Read More]
Road crashes are a global concern, killing more than a million people each year and injuring thousands every day. More than a half of road deaths are among vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists, and… [Read More]
Some of the horrendous road traffic crashes caused by buses occur due to unsafe vehicles and unsafe driving. These factors are largely predictable and preventable. Using unsafe vehicles, driving carelessly or engaging in other unsafe… [Read More]
The unique geography of the Indian sub-continent means for many organisations, road transport is often inevitable. Driving has become an integral part of India’s economic life; after the agricultural sector, driving-focused industries are the largest… [Read More]
Imagine a world 10 years from now. It’s late on a Thursday evening in 2029, and Trina, the leading salesperson at a pharmaceutical company, has wrapped up a deal with a customer after four days… [Read More]
I’ve been driving gas tankers for Air Products for six years and my attitude to health and safety has really changed during that time. I’ve always seen safety as a key part of the job… [Read More]
The excitement around the prospect of safe, self-driving vehicle fleets soon appearing on our roads is rising. Many large organisations such as Tesla and Ford are taking interest in making autonomous fleets safer, and the… [Read More]
At Licence Bureau, to avoid confusion, we avoid using the industry term ‘grey fleet’, as we believe it is often poorly understood. Instead, we prefer to use the term ‘owner drivers’ to describe drivers who… [Read More]
The attention given to mental health and wellbeing issues, particularly in the workplace, is increasing. However, the impact that the road transport industry can have on the mental health of its workforce, and the impact… [Read More]
