He said he believed that company car drivers were responsible for more accidents than private motorists because of the length of time they spent on the road. 'If they're doing millions of miles a year, you will have accidents. It would be far better to look at the cause of the accidents and address them rather than use the big stick approach.'
'Don't punish poor drivers'
21/05/1999 in NEWS
BOSSES have been told that rewards rather than punishment were more likely to get drivers with poor accident records to drive more safely. Julian Clarke, company safety adviser at computer company IBM, told delegates at a RoSPA conference: 'One person in my company has had three accidents in two years but he has sold something like £7million of computer equipment. That salesman is keeping us in a job.'
Leave a comment for your chance to win £20 of John Lewis vouchers.
Every issue of Fleet News the editor picks his favourite comment from the past two weeks – get involved for your chance to appear in print and win!
Login to comment
Comments
No comments have been made yet.