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Is poor wellbeing putting your drivers at risk?

24 April 2018

One in three drivers report feeling stressed behind the wheel leaving them prone to making irrational decisions and suffering road rage.

Employers should therefore be thinking about their drivers’ welfare and wellbeing whilst they are driving for work.

Behavioural factors that can affect employees driving could be aggression, attitude to risk, driving excitement, ineffective coping strategy, fatigue, stress and work schedules.

If drivers and their employers are aware of the factors that may pose a risk, the chance of an incident whilst driving is dramatically reduced.

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