Family BBQ occasions are the typical events where a van driver can unintentionally drink a beer too many and land themselves over the drink drive limit VAN operators should be reminding their drivers of the dangers of drink-driving during June. And tradesmen you should be reminding yourself of the dangers. More sociable behaviour across the summer months is [...]
THE government has announced new measures to crack down on drink and drug driving.
POLICE begin a week-long operation to enforce drink-driving and drug-driving legislation across Europe.
Are your staff at risk from the Road Safety Act?The government has introduced the Road Safety Act 2006. The act aims to improve road safety and close legal loopholes. The Road Safety Act has brought in new offences and imposed more stringent penalties for existing offences. It's important to understand the implications of the new Road Safety Act. Because if [...]
A series of one day courses is being run for business managers to help them manage the risks of staff who drive business cars and business vans.
Drinking and driving: limit of 80mg alcoholThe government is cracking down on drink driving. It has increased the maximum penalty for "causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs" from 10 to 14 years imprisonment, with an unlimited fine. The actual drink-driver limit is set at 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. Government guidelines [...]
