• Produce a driver’s handbook. It can help explain to drivers the importance of driving safely and how to drive safely. Drivers should be given a copy each and required to read and learn the information in it and keep it with them in their vehicle. The drivers hand book should include:
  • The risk of death and injury on the road.
  • Your road risk policy.
  • Company rules on driving (e.g. a ban on using mobile phones while driving).
  • Company rules on associated activities (e.g. how to safely secure heavy luggage in a boot, how to strap down loads on a flat bed trailer and how to check on vehicle safety).
  • General advice leaflets on driving safely (e.g. on topics such as driver tiredness).
  • Advice on what to do in the event of an incident and blank bump cards.
  • Contact details for the road risk manager and any additional emergency contacts.
• Make sure that appropriate language is used2, that will be understood by your workforce, and try to test their comprehension of the handbook.

2 This might necessitate the translation of the handbook into the language most frequently spoken in your company.