Driver Training
The Trafford Road Safety team aims to promote the benefits of a proactive approach to injury and crash reduction through the availability of driver education programmes that suit both recreational and professional drivers.The Road Safety Unit actively promotes driver training schemes for adults, such as The Institute of Advanced Motorists and the RoSPA Advanced Driver's Association.
Advice on driver training is available to all local organisations who wish to improve the driving standards of their employees.
Benefits for Employers
Benefits of driver training for the employer include both tangible and non-tangible elements such as:
- Reduced crash and injury rates for employees
- Potential reduction in insurance premiums
- Reduced down time
- Savings in fleet running costs including maintenance and fuel
- Reduced environmental impact upon the local and wider community leading to improved quality of life for all
- Enhanced environmental profile
- Reduced health and safety problems
- Fulfilling health and safety obligations
- Dissemination of information beyond the immediate client base
Benefits for Employees
Benefits to the employee are as follows:
- Reduced risk
- Increased confidence
- Reduced stress levels
- Reduced conflict
- Dissemination of information to family and friends
- Greater awareness of the individual's responsibility with regard to other road users and health and safety issues
- Raised awareness concerning the issue of responsibility rather than the current blame culture
- Improved personal fuel economy
- Reduced insurance claims
Motorcycle Training Schemes are also recommended by the Unit.
Who to Contact
Road Safety Unit
PO Box 12
Trafford Town Hall
Talbot Road
Stretford
M32 0YX
Email: roadsafety@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 4399
Textphone: 0161 912 2102 x2584
Fax: 0161 912 4430
This page was last updated on 14 April 2008
