New guidance for fleets on how to tackle drug and drink driving has been given by the Association of Fleet Professionals.
The two-page document has been created in the light of recent reports from the Department of Transport showing increases in both areas.
Written by the AFP’s Risk, Compliance and Health Committee, it covers the need for a drug and drink driving policy, what its contents should include, rules for grey fleet drivers, and the importance of recognising that prescription and over the counter drugs, as well as illegal ones, can be an issue behind the wheel. Signposts to useful government links also feature.
The committee’s chair, Martin Evans, said: “This is something of a grim time for drug and drink driving. Recent Department for Transport figures show the number of vehicle collisions linked to drug driving have risen by 170% in less than a decade, while drink driving deaths are at their highest level for 14 years.”
“Although anecdotal reports of persistent problems of this kind among company car and van drivers within the AFP are thankfully low, fleets are not immune to these trends, and that’s why we have created the new Drugs and Alcohol Guidance document.
