FLEET CONFIDENCE BOOK
Learn to be a confident fleet manager and ensure you’re running a safe and compliant fleet
Managing vans and drivers is a highly responsible job, one for which you may feel ill-prepared. To illustrate the challenges, we follow van driver Bob and fleet manager Stella through a day that starts like any other, but doesn’t go as planned, as Bob is involved in a serious crash.
If you’re new to managing vans, or maybe you’ve been given vans to manage as part of a wider job role, you’ll find this book invaluable as we look at:
- What can go wrong and who is responsible
- Ten key activities you need to focus on
- How to create a robust ‘driving for work’ policy
- Important issues such as driver distraction and fatigue
Your Free Resources
This book accompanies a short online course called the Fleet Confidence Challenge hosted by FleetCheck. The course takes you through all the elements of the book, and includes downloadable and editable files for the policy wording, plus additional resources to help with distributing the policy, recording acceptance from your drivers, and reinforcing driver awareness throughout the year.
In just a few hours, you’ll feel a new found confidence in your role and have a certificate to prove your achievement. The course is completely free.
Course Workbook
Register for the course and you’ll be able to immediately download a PDF of the course workbook, packed with worksheets to help you identify and fill any gaps in your policies and procedures. The workbook contains all the checklists and activity worksheets referred to in the book.
Driving for Work Policy
As you complete the module on creating your ‘driving for work’ policy, you’ll be able to download fully editable files containing all the example policy wording from the book. Additionally you’ll be able to download a fully formatted, fully editable, legally robust* ‘driving for work’ policy document worth £250* that you can tailor to your own business.
About the Authors
SIMON TURNER
Simon is an independent strategic marketing and communications specialist with over thirty years’ experience. The latter half of that time has been spent working exclusively in the road risk management sector. Since 2016, Simon’s primary role has been as Campaign Manager for National Highways’ multiple award-winning Driving for Better Business programme, working as part of a committed team whose mission is to improve the levels of compliance for all those who drive or ride for work by demonstrating the significant business benefits of managing work-related road risk more effectively.
Simon has been Chairman of the Trustees at the Association for Road Risk Management, a registered charity, since 2018 and a member of the Rail Industry’s Road Risk Group. He is part of the Road User Behaviour Working Party for the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) as well as sitting on the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards Judging Panel. Simon is also an adviser to the award-winning Project EDWARD road safety campaign – Every Day Without A Road Death.
PETER GOLDING
Peter is the Founder and Managing Director of fleet management software specialists FleetCheck. A veteran of the motor industry, having owned a successful garage chain and vehicle supply companies, Peter spotted a gap in the market to improve the way companies managed their fleet. Fast forward to today and FleetCheck now boasts a portfolio of outstanding products, combined with client retention rates of almost 99%, strong sales conversions and a hugely successful Partner Programme. This winning combination has led to more than 40% year-on-year growth over the last three years.
The business now employs over 30 people from its offices in Wiltshire. The dedicated team live and breathe the fleet industry and this is demonstrated through the quality of the award-winning software and the in-depth knowledge found within the development, sales, marketing and support teams.