Road Safety Presented by: Insert Presenter’s Name THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS

Road Safety

Presented by:

Insert Presenter’s Name

THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

Young Drivers at Work

WELCOME!

Find the seat with your name

card by it and get comfortable


Introduction

This workshop was developed by RoSPA

after conducting research about Young

Drivers at Work

2 ½ to 3 hours long with a 15 minute

refreshment break in the middle


Introduction

We’re not here to lecture or tell anyone

they’re wrong

We just want to get you thinking about

the experience you already have and how

it’s applied to keep you safe in different

situations

Expectations

From Us

Confidentiality

Unless we feel you or

another person are in

danger

Timekeeping

Allow everyone to speak

Feedback and evaluation

From You

Active participation

Active listening

Respect each other’s

expertise

Honest responses

Complete evaluation

forms



Observation

Is there anything out of the ordinary in the

room?


Observation

The more observations we make, the better idea we

have of what is going on.


Awareness Test

Observation

DISTRACTED ATTENTION

• Cognitive workload

• Mobile phone conversations

• ‘Not seeing’



Thought Shower

Shout out your answers

Say what you personally think

There are no right or wrong answers

Q. A ‘safe’ driver is somebody who...?


Small Group Discussion

We spoke to young drivers

We heard their views on Driving for Work

Q. Do you share their views?

Young Driver Quotes

“Because of driving in an area that we’re not

really familiar with, it’s a lot harder. I drive

in London when I’m used to driving in

Stafford. It’s a lot different, getting in the

correct lane and stuff, it’s a lot different

driving in the city.”


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.”


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.”



Whole group feedback

How have your personal experiences

informed your views?

How has your workplace informed your

views?

Pop Quiz - Questions

1. Road traffic accidents whilst at work are the

largest cause of occupational fatality in the

UK.

True or False?

2. Wearing a seat belt can reduce your risk of

death by how much?

A) 25% B) 45% C) 65%


Pop Quiz

3. At-work van and company car drivers are

more likely to cause an accident than to

become involved as a blameless party.

True or False?

4. Most road traffic accidents occur on

motorways?

True or False?


Pop Quiz

5. The greatest proportion of failed roadside

breathtests occur in which of these age

groups?

a) 17 - 19

b) 20 - 24

c) 25 - 29

d) 30 - 39

e) 40 - 49


Pop Quiz

6. For all types of road and for all accidents,

‘failure to look properly’, is the most

frequently reported contributory factor.

True or False?


Pop Quiz

7. ‘Driver behaviour or inexperience’,

‘injudicious actions’ (eg. disobeying road

signs), and ‘road environment’, are more

likely to be contributory factors for

accidents in which age group?

a) 17 – 24 yrs

b) 25 – 69

c) 70 +


Pop Quiz

8. More than half of company car driver fatal accidents

involve driving at excessive speed?

True or False?

9. The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate

Homicide Act (2007) covers fatal employee

accidents on the road as well as in the workplace.

True or False?


Pop Quiz

10. It is estimated that just under one-quarter of

all road traffic incidents involve someone

who was at work at the time.

True or False?



Pop Quiz: Summary

There are differences between at-work

driving in the ‘real world’ and what you

learnt in your driving lessons

But what you learnt in your driving

lessons has given you some relevant

experience

Driving is a continuous learning process


Accidents at work

In small groups

Have a look at the accident investigation

scenario -


Accidents at work

Immediate factors

• Inappropriate speed

• Inattention

• Falling asleep

• Travelling too close

• Excessive alcohol


• Drugs

• Adverse weather

• Vehicle defects

• Highway conditions

• Driver distractions

Underlying factors

• Internal pressure

• Inadequate sleep

• Congestion/stress

• Poor journey planning

• Time management

• Poor routeing

• Vehicle maintenance

• Driver attitude

• Inadequate experience



How do employers manage these risks

Insert MORR policy on

eg – Jorney Planning or Mobile phones



Refreshment break


Back in 15

minutes!


The rest of the workshop…

Specific skills commonly used when

Driving for Work:

Journey Planning

Different Vehicles

Vehicle Checks

Scenarios


Journey Planning Buzz Groups

Quickly talk to the person next to you

about:

How you got here today?

What planning did you do for it?


Journey Planning Buzz Groups

Quickly talk to the person next to you

about:

A journey you made that went wrong

Why did it go wrong?


Journey Planning

Here is an journey which you may drive for

work…

It is 8am and you are in Birmingham. You have been

asked to attend a meeting in Bristol at 10.00am.

You are expecting the meeting to last 2 hours, but you

also have an appointment back in Birmingham at 2pm.


Journey Planning Route Plans

How did you plan your route?

How would your plan change with

inclement weather?

What stops us from following these plans

in reality?

How can we overcome those barriers?

What priority do we give to driving?


The Vehicle

With the person sat next to you:

Talk about your positive or negative

experiences with driving a new vehicle

Be prepared to share someone else's

experience with the group


The Vehicle

So what feedback do we get when driving

a new vehicle or using some technology –

like a SatNav

The Vehicle

“When Sat Nav’s go Wrong”

One-quarter of under 25year olds admit to

deliberately racing their sat navs.

26 year old take-away driver “turned right”

onto a railway line at a level crossing. Got

stuck on cattle grid across the tracks.




Insert any MORR policy on SAT NAVS


Managing Road Risk

Fast forward a few years… and you’re

now a manager of a company. You know

what happens from experience when

people first start driving for work.

Part of your job is to manage the risk to

the staff who drive for work.

What would you do?

What would you include in your policy?


Employer topic

Something particular to your company

which they wanted us to talk about is

topic.

Tell us about it?

Topic title

Topic information


Topic title

Employer policies on the topic



Some Scenarios

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy

making other plans.”

John Lennon, “Beautiful Boy”.

What would you do if…

You were sharing a lift with a younger

colleague going down a motorway and

they were pushing 100mph


Some Scenarios


On an evening, you went bowling for a

friends birthday and had several drinks. It

is the morning after and you are due to

drive to a meeting.


Some Scenarios


Your alarm clock didn’t go off in the

morning and you are late for work


Some Scenarios


You arrive home and suddenly realise

you do not remember all of the journey.

Were those lights on green?

Hope they were...


Safer Driving

Again, Q. What makes a safe driver?

Summary

There are differences between Learning to Drive and

Driving for Work

We need to consider what makes us drive in the way we

do

Sometimes we assume that there is nothing we can do

about our safety when this isn’t true

Your employer has a legal duty of care when you are

driving for work and is a source of support

We all make mistakes and bad things do happen

Driving is about lifelong learning and development



Summary

The Promise

Write a message from your future self about

what you have done to improve your safety

as a driver

“I have.....”

We will mail this to you in 3 weeks time


Thank you

Documents

Road Safety Presented by: Insert Presenter’s Name THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS