More than 70% of business drivers have never been offered driving training according to a survey released by road safety charity The Institute of Advanced Motorists.
Out of the 350 surveyed, 44% said they would welcome the chance to be offered driving training, while three per cent of the respondents stated that they had been offered driving training but had declined it.
Participants were also asked what aspects of their driving could be improved upon, and 29% declared that a refresher course on the Highway Code would be beneficial, according to the survey.
An estimated third of all serious and fatal incidents on UK roads involve people driving for work and employers are legally obliged to protect their employees under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. Companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter thanks to serious management failures resulting in a gross duty of care.
AM Drive & Survive’s chief executive Simon Best said:” These findings reflect poor management decisions as business leaders fail to act to adequately protect their employees and in doing so put them and other road users at risk”.
“A third of accidents involve somebody driving for work and these results show that government initiatives to enforce driver safety are simply not working”, continued Best.
“It is clear that businesses such as ours must work even harder to get the message out on the importance of continuous development.”
