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Taking responsibility
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There is little doubt that driving at work can pose a real risk to employees and employers alike. Research estimates that between 25% to 33% of all road incidents involve someone at work at the time. The third edition of the RoadSafe magazine promises to alert employers to their responsibilities for managing the health and safety of their employees when driving at work. Recently-issued HSE guidance on at-work driving is intended to help employers understand their legal responsibilities and integrate the management of work-related road safety within their existing arrangements for managing health and safety at work generally. Welcoming this document, David Jamieson, Minister for Road Safety, says: “I hope all employers will follow the simple guidance it contains to help our efforts to reduce road traffic casualties and that raised road safety awareness at work will also improve standards of private motoring.” Coinciding with this issue is the introduction of legislation banning the use of hand-held mobile phones when driving. In the words of the Minister: “Driving while using a mobile phone is dangerous – you are risking your own life and that of other road users. It’s hard to concentrate when you are doing two things at once and any driver will be distracted by a phone call or text message. “By making it an offence to hold a mobile phone when driving, we will make the roads safer for us all. I urge drivers to remember: missing a call won’t kill you – an accident quite possibly could.” We at RoadSafe endeavour to highlight numerous ways to reduce the risk of road accidents at work and hope this edition provides valuable information to assist with the implementation of effective company policies on road safety. |
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