FORS Van Smart for Forkers Ltd
Saturday 25th Jan 2020 we delivered the second of 2 FORS Van Smart courses for FORKERS Ltd at their head office in West Bromwich. For the uninitiated Van Smart is part of the Vulnerable Road User safety training which is required for those seeking FORS Silver...
Worldwide domination – not quite !
Yesterday I delivered a FORS Safe Urban Driving course in Chelmsford, at the same time as another trainer was delivering an Emergency First Aid for Drivers in Sevenoaks and a third was delivering a FORS LoCITY course in Northampton. Not quite worldwide domination, not...
FORS and your Organisation
We often come across businesses who want an end-to-end solution to their FORS Bronze or Silver accreditation - to which our answer is simple. We can help you get FORS accreditation but you can only keep it by embedding it within your organisation i.e. making people...
Driver CPC – why would you/did you ignore it ?
It's been 6 weeks since the deadline passed for the second period of Driver CPC on 9th September and in that time I've talked to many, many drivers who STILL haven't completed the second lot of 35 hours. In most cases these drivers are struggling to get on courses and...
Traffic Management – their lives in your hands
We often moan and grumble about roadworks in place with no apparent work being done, but do you ever give a thought to the men and women setting out those closures or operating those Impact Protection Vehicles (IPV's) or those the IPV is there to protect. A recent...
Beat the deadline – 5 day Driver CPC
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Motorised Scooters and a Safe Road Space – WAKE UP !!!
Do you understand that when a HGV is travelling on the highway ; - the Driver is subject to the provisions of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 his employer is subject to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 they are both subject to a...
HGV Maintenance – Horror Stories
HGV Maintenance - Horror Stories Sadly the examples you see in the DVSA's latest bulletin are all too commonplace and while most Operators will have a degree of confidence in the roadworthiness of their fleet it is obvious some either have no idea what a roadworthy...
Cycle Lanes – why is there so mch bad press
Interesting article in the Guardian today - what do you think ? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2019/jul/03/ten-common-myths-about-bike-lanes-and-why-theyre-wrong
Emergency First Aid for Drivers – Driver CPC with smiles on their faces !
I had the pleasure of delivering a Driver CPC Emergency First Aid course earlier this week at North Farm Stud, near Wantage. The group was from a from a variety of backgrounds, including the equestrian and horseracing fraternity and all were superb to teach Had the...
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