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Subaru is reporting high levels of demand for its EyeSight driver assist system.

Targeted and bespoke driver education, based on data from the growing use of telematics within fleet operations, is critical to improving road safety.

The Institute of Advanced Motorists has joined forces with Lightfoot to provide fleet operators with a sustainable and admin-free driver behaviour package.

Tadea is offering a free half day driver training package to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the North East.

Business Driver has released a new in vehicle training programme, ‘Driving with Advanced Safety Systems’.

Wolseley, the UK’s largest distributor of plumbing and heating products, has launched an apprenticeship scheme for LGV drivers.

Growing awareness and demand for fleet compliance and risk management has seen a surge of businesses teaming up with Applied Driving Techniques.

The Fuel Card Group is offering free road safety workshops and driver analysis from Applied Driver Techniques (ADT), sponsored by its MileageCount fleet management service.

Boom in on-line driver training as companies free-up fleet finances

With the first cycle of Driver CPC training now complete, Driver First Assist (DFA) is inviting transport managers to a number of their free taster sessions to encourage fleets to add life-saving skills to their training schedules.

The British Safety Council has launched a new qualification to help people who drive as part of their work stay safe on the roads.

A driver training centre based in the North East is building for future growth by bringing on-stream two additional simulators.

Legal expert Alan Scott-Davies investigates the training and qualification levels required of fleet driver trainers.

Evidence suggests that the vast majority of drivers will have completed their 35 hours’ periodic training by the September 10 deadline.

Young British drivers are the most likely to take a ‘selfie' while behind the wheel, research suggests.

Getting drivers to buy in to a new behaviour system has helped to reduced fuel consumption by as much as 14%, according to one 500-van fleet.

Mike Rees, managing director, Drive Alive UK, looks at road training.

The majority (72%) of people who drive for work in the UK have never been offered driver training, according to a survey by IAM Drive & Survive.

Driver training is fast becoming an essential fleet management tool, with company car and van drivers its biggest advocate, a survey suggests.

A new North East-based driver training centre, which is being claimed to make fleet motoring safer, greener and more financially sustainable, is about to officially open its doors.

IAM Drive & Survive, the commercial driver training arm of road safety charity the IAM, is launching the IAM Drive & Survive Pride Awards to celebrate the UK’s best company drivers.

Drivers of company vehicles are 25% more likely than company drivers using their own vehicles to have a minor accident, according to a survey by IAM Drive & Survive on Springboard UK.

Novadata has introduced a new Health and Safety Driver and Manager Awareness course.

Seventy-one per cent of young drivers think they are better than the average driver, according to survey by Vision Critical and the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), yet they are 2.5 times more likely to be involved in a serious crash.

Automotional has launched a range of Driver Risk Management (DRM) packages, starting from £4 a month.

A survey of approved driving instructors (ADIs) has found that the majority of them believe that the Highway Code learner licence questions and study material lags too far behind today’s automotive technology.

NRS Healthcare has appointed Drive Smarter to provide driver assessor training to operations managers across its 19 offices around England and Northern Ireland.

GreenRoad has today announced that over 4,500 UK drivers achieved Fleet Elite status for 2013, demonstrating that they are amongst the safest drivers on the road.

NHS Blood and Transplant has been training drivers for the Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualifications with Mercedes-Benz dealer Road Range.

Companies could be wasting money on training by incorrectly assessing drivers as high risk when it is other drivers on their fleet who could benefit most from additional instruction, according to E-Training World.

Web-based risk management product provider AlertDriving has announced the launch of Hazard Perception 360, an interactive mobile driver risk assessment solution.

A driver behavioural study into the benefits of eco-driver training is progressing well and throwing up some interesting results.

ReVue, the evidence-based driver training provider, has been approved as a driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) centre and course provider.

ReVue, the evidence-based driver training provider, is sharing its expertise and technology with a Parliamentary road safety group.

Outsourced service maintenance and repair (SMR) network management company Fleet Assist has appointed Vincent St Claire as its commercial director.

Online driver profiling and e-driver training specialist, E-Training World, has launched a new on-line assessment and operating system specifically for the Republic of Ireland.

Fleets are failing to make the latest fuel efficient vehicles pay their way because many employees have never received the correct driver training.

Vehicle sharing could be made more difficult under new proposals designed to protect young drivers.

Energy Saving Trust (EST) has developed a variation of its popular Smarter Driving training that includes a demonstration of both daily and weekly vehicle checks to help enhance driver safety.

Research by automotive technology supplier Bosch has shown that while UK motorists are aware of the benefits of driver assistance systems, many of them are not fitted on most cars, but they would be of interest – if they were fitted as standard.