Risk Management
What is work related road safety?
All companies have a legal duty of care to ensure that their staff are able to
carry out their tasks in a safe environment. Recent government focus has extended
this duty beyond the office, shop and factory floor to include any vehicle being
driven on company business.
Recommendations are that all staff should be assessed to ensure that:
- They hold a valid driving licence to enable them to drive on Irish roads
- They can demonstrate competence when driving
- They are monitored on a regular basis
WFM’s Risk Calculator
Windsor Fleet offer a Risk Calculator program. This program provides strict driver
compliance disciplines beginning with the application and then continuously as driver performance
is measured. In-built, parameter-driven processes will provide you with dynamic visible management
information necessary to effectively comply with your health and safety responsibilities.
Regulate who can drive for your company
The program issues your drivers with a Permit to Drive through an application
process that includes a driver's risk profile assessment and document verification.
Only drivers with a valid Permit are allowed to drive either a company-provided
vehicle or any vehicle on company business. This enables you to effectively regulate who can drive for your company.
Keep informed about your drivers' performance
The program also collects information about drivers and vehicles, including traffic
offences, vehicle abuse, accidents, insurance, driving licences and maintenance.
The system processes information and then produces an up-to-date driver operating
life report for management appraisal and/or intervention such as in-car assessments
or driver training. This keeps companies informed about the overall performance of their drivers.
Benefits include:
- Enables legal, health and safety obligations to be satisfied
- Can reduce the number of accidents
- Can reduce insurance premiums
- Can reduce fuel consumption
- Can reduce CO2 emissions and carbon footprints
- Can reduce maintenance and repair costs
- Can increase the residual values of the vehicles
- Provides an audit trail of accountability in the event of a prosecution
- Enhances corporate social responsibility
WFM Risk Management Calculator program is under continuous development by WFM. It includes
best legal, health and safety and employment advice to ensure compliance with all
aspects of managing work-related road safety.
When used as part of WFM's comprehensive service, WFM's Risk Management Calculator is fully
integrated with automatic input of all data.