Centrica launches permit to drive scheme for all company car drivers
From now on Centrica employees who drive either company cars or their own vehicle at work, will be required to go online and sign the company's Safe Driving Pledge and undertake the targeted Risk Foundation program provided by Interactive Driving Systems.
Jon York, Centrica's award winning Fleet Operations Manager, said: 'We have already been quite successful in targeting our road safety risks over the last 18 months and have reduced our collisions by 8% through a number of driver and management policy initiatives, focusing on detailed fuel monitoring, vehicle safety features, young apprentice drivers, multi-media-based driver risk assessment and monitoring, electronic licence checks and benchmarking'. Read more...
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