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Safe Driving Workshop for Young Employees

Join us for a workshop on safe driving for work. Share experiences, develop coping strategies, and enhance awareness to ensure safer journeys. Active participation is encouraged, and confidentiality respected.

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Safe Driving Workshop for Young Employees

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  1. Young Drivers at Work WELCOME! Find the seat with your name card and get comfortable

  2. Fire alarm Housekeeping

  3. About Today • When someone drives for work, both the employer and the driver share responsibility for making sure the journeys are as safe as possible • This is not a lecture! You are the experts • Today is about sharing your experiences • Around 2 ½ hours with a 10 minute refreshment break

  4. Workshop Aims • To develop awareness about specific driving for work issues • To gain insight about what influences your driving at work • To develop coping strategies for situations that occur when driving for work • To share experiences and learn from each other • To help your organisation to understand how well their driving for work policies work in practice

  5. Expectations FROM US • Confidentiality • Allow all to speak • Timekeeping • Improvement from feedback FROM YOU • Active participation • Active listening • Honest responses – no wrong answers! • Complete evaluation forms

  6. Group Shout Out • What Makes a Safe Driver? • SAY WHAT YOU HONESTLY THINK • NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS

  7. Observation • How many spoons?

  8. Observation • How many spoons? • What colour was the tablecloth? • How many was the table laid for? • Was it tea or coffee? • Toast or croissants?

  9. Observation

  10. Observation The more observations we make, the better idea we have of what’s going on...

  11. Distractions • Lots of things, such as using a mobile phone,can distract us when driving • Distraction affects drivers in many ways, including: • Increases cognitive workload • Reduces peripheral observation (tend to look straight ahead) • Less aware of what’s happening around them • Miss hazards • React more slowly • All of which increases the chances of being in a collision.

  12. Young Driver Quotes • “Because of driving in an area that we’re not really familiar with, it’s a lot harder. I drive in Birmingham when I’m used to driving in Bridgnorth. It’s a lot different, getting in the correct lane and stuff, it’s a lot different driving in the city.” • DOES YOUR GROUP AGREE?

  13. Young Driver Quotes • “The test: they try to take you round as many different places as they can and try to show you all these different situations but because the test is only there at that time, it could be when there’s no traffic around, it’s completely different to when you’re out there driving in real life.” • DOES YOUR GROUP AGREE?

  14. Young Driver Quotes • “It’s all chance, it’s all pot-chance for driving, whether you’ve got the knowledge to drive good or not, what personality you are and other road users as well. There’s loads of different things that cause accidents, it’s not just drivers it could be anything.” • DOES YOUR GROUP AGREE?

  15. What’s Different About Driving for Work? • Briefly discuss what things are different about driving for work than driving for other reasons. For example, there are set deadlines. • Do any of these things make at-work driving more risky? • If so, why?

  16. Accidents at Work

  17. Immediate Factors • Inappropriate speed • Inattention • Falling asleep • Travelling too close • Vehicle defects • Excessive alcohol • Driver attitude • Poor judgement

  18. Underlying Factors • Poor journey planning • Internal pressure • Inadequate sleep • Stress • Time management • Vehicle maintenance • Driver beliefs • Inadequate experience

  19. Journey Planning Buzz Groups For a couple of minutes talk to the person next to you about... • Your journey here today • Did you do any planning for it?

  20. Journey Planning Buzz Groups For a couple of minutes talk to the person next to you about... • A journey you made that didn’t go to plan! • Why did it go awry?

  21. Journey Planning An example of a journey which you may have to drive for work: • It is 08:00am and you are in Birmingham. You have been asked to attend a meeting in Bristol at 10.00am. • The meeting is due to last 2 hours, but you have an appointment back in Birmingham at 2pm. • What Planning Would You Do For Your Journeys? • What Planning Could You Do?

  22. 10 Minute Break

  23. Distractions • Call out things that might distract a driver • How might this affect driving? • Share example of a time something has distracted you when driving

  24. Mobile Phone Press Reports • In pairs, read one of the press reports of a court case involving a fatal crash caused by a driver using a mobile phone • Why did the driver use the phone? • What could they have done instead?

  25. Example Mobile Phone Policy • “Whilst the vehicle is in motion, all hand held or hands-free mobile phones should be turned off, or diverted to Voicemail or an alternative answering service. • Passengers may use a mobile phone, but drivers should not be distracted from concentrating on driving safely.”

  26. The Vehicle With the person sat next to you: • Talk about your positive or negative experiences of driving a new vehicle for the first time • Be prepared to share with the group

  27. Vehicle Checks We need to talk about vehicle checks: • What are the most important things to check on a vehicle? • Listen to the person speaking before you and add a related check! • Is there anything that makes it more difficult to do regular vehicle checks?

  28. Vehicle Check Policy • Do you know your company policy on vehicle checks? • What do you do if you find a fault?

  29. Tyre Safety Scenario • Jenny has been asked to drive one of the company’s vans. She checked it beforehand and discovered that two of the tyres are well below the minimum tread depth. • She told her line manager, but he said she must take the van out anyway and they will sort the tyres out later. • What is Jenny’s legal liability if she drives the van • What can Jenny do in this situation?

  30. Before Driving Any Vehicle, Check Tyres • Undamaged (no cuts or bulges) • Correct pressure for vehicle and load • Enough tread depth • Legal minimum depth is 1.6mm but above 3mm reduces braking distance in the wet

  31. Tyre wear!

  32. Tyre Rim Damage!

  33. Managing Road Risk Fast forward a few years… you’re now a Director. You know what happens from experience when people first start driving for work Part of your job is to manage the risk to staff who drive for work • What would you do? • What would you include in your policy?

  34. Employer’s Topic

  35. Vans • How is driving a van different to driving a car? • The first person says one difference, the next person repeats what they said and adds another difference, and so on • How do these differences affect driving?

  36. Top Ten Tips for Staying Within the Limit • Are you more likely to creep over the speed limit in certain situations? • The first person says one situation when they might creep over the limit, the next person repeats what they said and adds another situation, and so on • What can you do to avoid creeping over the limit?

  37. Top Ten Tips for Staying Within the Limit • Check your speedometer regularly, especially when leaving high-speed roads • Know the limits – look for signs, especially at junctions • Assume lamp posts mean 30 mph, until signs say otherwise, but remember it could be 20 mph • Remember, speed limits are a maximum, not a target • 20’s plenty when kids are about – and may even be too fast • Try no higher than 3rd gear in a 30 mph limit • Recognise what makes you speed — keeping up with traffic, overtaking or being tailgated • Concentrate – distracted drivers speed • Slow down when entering villages • Give yourself time – there’s no need to speed and you usually won’t get there quicker

  38. What If ...? • YOU WERE SHARING A LIFT WITH A COLLEAGUE AND THEY WERE PUSHING 100MPH ON THE MOTORWAY.

  39. What If ...? • YOU HAD ‘SEVERAL’ DRINKS ON A NIGHT OUT FOR A FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY. IT’S THE MORNING AFTER AND YOU’RE DUE TO DRIVE FOR WORK.

  40. What If ...? • YOU’RE ALARM CLOCK DIDN’T GO OFF AND YOU’RE LATE FOR WORK.

  41. What If ...? • YOU START TO FEEL VERY TIRED ON A LONG DRIVE

  42. Group Shout Out • What Makes a Safe Driver? • SAY WHAT YOU HONESTLY THINK • NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS

  43. Reflection • Write down one key thing you have learned from today’s workshop • Write down one thing you will do to improve your safety as a driver

  44. Summary • There are differences between driving for work and driving for other reasons • But, situations and risks found when driving for work can be anticipated • Simple coping strategies reduce the risk • Your employer can provide support

  45. Evaluation • Please complete the Evaluation Form before you leave. It will only take 10 minutes. • Each question has a Before and After answer: • To answer the Before section think about your knowledge or ability before you attended today’s workshop. • To answer the After section think about your knowledge or ability now that the workshop is over. • Your answers will help us to evaluate the workshop, and inform the design and content of future workshops

  46. Thank you

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