What excuse are you going to use?

 

Your obligations and the law

“Some employers believe, incorrectly, that provided they comply with certain road
traffic law requirements, eg company vehicles have a valid MOT certificate, and that drivers hold a valid licence, this is enough to ensure the safety of their employees, and others, when they are on the road.”

If your one of these employers or voluntary organisations find out more by reading the publication Driving at Work, published by the Health and Safety Executive (opens new window PDF file 233kb)

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires employers and organisations to take appropriate steps to ensure the health and safety of their employees and others, such as passengers and road users, who may be affected by their activities.

Health & safety, voluntary workers and charitable organisations

Another misconception exists that voluntary workers and charitable organisations are exempt form Health & safety responsibilities or legislation. However, the HSG 192 Charity and Voluntary Workers: a Guide to Health and Safety at Work explains that health and safety standards apply to voluntary workers as they would to employees exposed to the same risks. Are you a volunteer or charitable organisation?

There are a great number of Minibuses being driven by drivers who only hold a car licence and have not received any professional driver training since passing their car driving test. A MiDAS certificate alone is not proof of professional driver training. Are you or your fellow colleagues one of these drivers?

 

Managing Your Occupational Road Risk

Work related road safety is a shared responsibility that involves you whether you’re an employer, employee or volunteer and regardless if you have an occupational road risk policy in place or not. Therefore if you operate or drive a minibus as part of your employment or voluntary work then assessing occupational road risk will legally apply to you.

If you are an appointed manager who is responsible for operating the minibus and organising drivers you are also responsible for your drivers’ which includes:

• Carrying out ‘suitable and sufficient’ risk assessments,
• to check that you are doing all that is ‘reasonably practicable’ to avoid road risk and to ensure safe driving,
• implementing your own minibus road safety policy and informing your drivers to obey these rules through;
• professional minibus road safety training, driver assessments and monitoring their performance to ensure that your drivers are of an acceptable standard.

 

Minibus Road Safety training will help you fulfil these legal obligations.

Our specialist minibus road safety training will help your occupational road risk policy by guiding you, your support staff and drivers through the minefield of grey-areas and misconceptions surrounding minibus driving responsibilities by;

…Professionally delivering your minibus road safety policy within a relaxed learning atmosphere with video presentations, activities and practical demonstrations to help drivers and non-driving staff understand their responsibilities and necessary regulations.

…Professionally assessing your minibus drivers’ by a qualified specialist minibus driving instructor to determine their level of driving skills to help them reach or maintain an acceptable standard and providing you with a progress report on each driver.

 

 

Would you like to reduce your road risk by educating your drivers to maintain your occupational road risk policy through minibus road safety training?

 

 

 

Minibus Road Safety reference guide

• A problem built up over the years
• Minibus Road Safety (1 day ‘in class’ knowledge based training)
• Minibus Knowledge of Passenger Safety
• Minibus Road Safety (2 hour ‘on- road’ driving assessment)
• True Stories – Don’t let this happen to you
• Health & Safety and Managing Occupational Road Risk (MORR)
• Minibus Road Safety Challenge