Driving for Better Business (UK)

The Secretary of State for Transport asked the Motorists’ Forum how employers could be encouraged to give a higher priority to road safety for those who drive cars or vans for business purposes. Their key recommendations were:

The need to make employers aware that workplace Health and Safety Legislation applies equally to work-related travel and should be applied in the same way as in the workplace.
The need for a systematic programme of outreach designed to coordinate a network of employer champions drawn from public, private and voluntary sectors who will work through employer networks and associations to deliver awareness.

Formally launched in April 2007, Driving for Better Business was a result of these recommendations. The original programme of outreach has further developed into a campaign to recruit more organisations to champion Work Related Road Safety and engage with an ever increasing network of other employers.