Essential Drivers [1] - businesses operating at, or above maximum capacity. Highlighting the challenges around maintaining safety critical policies such as the management of driver fatigue as well as issues around driver recruitment, driver eligibility and sanitisation where multiple employees may be using the same vehicle
Simon Turner, Campaign Manager for Driving for Better Business, provided commentary on COVID-19, stating "We have to remain positive, deal with the challenges we face as best we can, and prepare ourselves properly for a world which, in all probability, won't look the same as it did before. It is vitally important to ensure employers have the correct information and guidance to successfully manage both their drivers and their vehicles in a time of considerable uncertainty. This is our contribution to supporting businesses around the UK that are vital to the UK economy.
Peter Golding, founder and Managing Director at FleetCheck, said: "We are a business that has always been very much about how best we can support our customers and that is truer than ever during a crisis event such as this. There are various ways in which we are looking at providing genuinely useful, new services for fleets but the COVID-19 Transport Toolkit is probably the most visible."
"Working in conjunction with Driving for Better Business, we've taken the subjects that are being raised most frequently by our customers and produced videos available to everyone that provide pertinent advice in a fast, easy to understand format. If there are other subjects that businesses want to see tackled, we urge them to get in touch with Driving for Better Business or FleetCheck and we will do our best to produce something that answers their need."
Mr Turner added: "Our experience over recent weeks is that there is a thirst for clarity and knowledge among fleets that are facing what I believe we can all agree are unprecedented times. These challenges are being faced now and we needed to work fast so I congratulate our two teams who have taken this project from conception to launch in just a few days."
"The videos should be a great help but our job isn't done yet and there will be much more detailed guidance to come as we drill down, with a range of experts, into specific issues such as managing driver fatigue and the comprehensive pre-use vehicles checks that will be required before any mothballed vehicles are allowed back on the road - something that will be vital to ensure the safety of all road users."