Personnel Costs and Benefits
Reductions in personnel down time due to injuries from accidents, days off due to stress, loss of key personnel due to driving bans but gaining improved moral from safer driving and feeling cared for by their employer.
Legal Costs
With a reduction in accidents there is less use of solicitors and legal bodies therefore reducing costs which can prove very expensive this would include claims against you by employees involved in accidents.
Insurance Costs
With your drivers now adopting an accident avoidance approach to driving it is not unusual to achieve up to 25% reductions in premiums on fleet policies where drivers have been correctly risk assessed.
Repair costs
Along with fuel savings defensive driving techniques improve handling, reduce wear to bakes and suspension whilst increasing the life of vehicles and less repair costs for maintenance, break downs or accident damage. This means that your vehicles will spend more time on the road doing the job you bought them for with less rescheduling, missed orders, lost opportunities and more customer goodwill.
Fuel costs
By raising the driving standards and being coached in eco driving techniques companies find an immediate improvement in fuel costs of 9-16% with no change to or even improved journey times.
Benefits
There are many benefits to a program of driver training which often bring savings far in excess of the initial cost, these savings include.
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