Champions’ good practice recognized in new book for fleet managers

20 April 2009

Five of the Driving for Better Business champions’ case studies appear as part of a work related road safety chapter in Managing Your Company Cars: Expert Opinion, a major new book by Professor Colin Tourick.

Balfour Beatty, Gateshead Council, Greene King, Kaba Door Systems and TNT Express have all showcased their experiences in the so that other organizations might benefit from adopting some of their approaches to managing work related road safety. Greene King, for example, explain how costs in damages to its fleet were reduced by 39% after the introduction of its safe-driving programme. Similarly, Kaba Doors reported a 20% reduction of vehicle crashes in 2006/7 following the adoption and implementation of new driver management policie.

As well as the chapter dedicated to work related road safety, Driving for Better Business and the champions’ case studies, the other chapters provide information from a variety of fleet experts and address a range of fleet management issues.

Caroline Scurr, Director of Driving for Better Business, said:

This is an excellent source of information for fleet best practice. Driving for Better Business is all about raising awareness of the importance of work related road safety and I’m delighted that some of our business champions have been able to contribute their case studies to Professor Tourick’s book. Their specialist knowledge and experience will undoubtedly provide ideas and opportunities for other organizations for improving their own road safety management policies.

Other advocates of the Driving for Better Business Campaign also feature in their own chapters in the publication, including Kwik-Fit Fleet, LeasePlan, and NBTN.

The book is available from www.tourick.com, www.amazon.co.uk and good bookshops. It is also available in eBook format.