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Interactive Driving Systems launches new online RoadRISK

 Assessment for multi-drop drivers  

March 10, 2004

Interactive Driving Systems has extended its range of award winning on-line driver assessment tools for car, truck, van and bus drivers to include a RoadRISK assessment specifically for van and truck drivers involved in multi-drop operations in the UK, continental Europe, the USA and Australia.

The new assessment will focus on the unique issues faced by multi drop drivers, such as frequent stops and starts, manoeuvring, driving at slower speeds in congested traffic, and dealing with a wide range of other road users in densely populated urban area.

Andy Cuerden UK Managing Director of Interactive Driving Systems said that ‘as well as the specific and difficult driving conditions faced by multi-drop drivers there are also some particular issues faced by managers of this group of drivers including the ‘white van man’ stereotype, high use of agency and casual staff, limited licensing and drivers hours requirements, unsociable hours and high staff turnover often of relatively young high risk drivers’.

Based on an on-going study of 13,000 drivers by Napier University the online RoadRISK assessment of attitude, hazard perception, knowledge, behaviour, personality and personal exposure can be used to identify drivers most at risk. The study found that 35% of the sample was responsible for over 95% of the crashes. It also found drivers with the worst scores were between 3-16 times more at risk than those with the highest scores, meaning that the RoadRISK assessment is an excellent and low cost tool with many pre-recruitment, in-employment and other uses for this particularly high-risk group of drivers.

Cuerden continued ‘RoadRISK Multi Drop is the first in many steps we have planned to provide targeted solutions for our clients to ensure that we can help them identify the risks and training needs associated with their specific activities. The vans and rigid vehicles used for home, parcel and small store deliveries are very different to the large articulated vehicles we see on our motorways.’

The first UK-based trial of the new multi-drop system is being undertaken by Ryder Logistics on one of its retail home delivery contracts. As well as home delivery, the assessment is relevant to any truck or van based multi-drop operation, including courier, postal, parcel, retail, logistics, haulage and service operations.

Source: RoadRISK