New online Driver Risk Management Programme now available.

Drive & Survive's new online Driver Risk Management Programme (DRMP) product is now available. This is the umbrella name for a collection of online products that help clients manage their fleet's exposure to road risk.

Building on the existing successful online assessment and E-Learning tools that have been accessed by some 37,000 drivers over the past twelve months, the new product is more user-friendly, has additional beneficial information at each stage and has the capacity to generate even more accurate data, which in turn forms the basis of the Management Information Reports that go to the nominated customer contact.

The system is flexible enough to allow users to complete either their online risk assessment or E-Learning modules first, depending upon what has been agreed with the customer. The system then guides them through the whole process in a logical and helpful manner.

As before, the online risk assessment itself consists of an environmental section and an attitude section. Depending upon how the respondent answers, the calculation engine will categorise them into high, medium or low risk and make recommendations for specific training interventions.

Using Microsoft's latest.NET programming language, the DRMP potentially has the ability to handle up to 20,000 users simultaneously if required, so on a normal working day it will be operating well within its capacity.

Customers implementing Drive & Survive's new system should see a drop in incidents, sub insurance excess limit own damage costs, insurance claims, fleet running costs and the lost productivity that inevitably stems from the repercussions of a vehicle road incident.

For further information please contact Drive & Survive on 0870 1218339 or via enquiries@drivesurvive.co.uk

Road Safety Bill update

The Road Safety Bill, which is expected to become law in 2006, is currently in the committee stage.

The bill makes provision for increased penalties for drink driving, speeding and using a hand held mobile phone whilst driving. There will also be improvements in the driving test and the quality of learner driver instruction given by qualified instructors.

In a similar way to that which is currently offered to speeding offenders, those convicted of other traffic offences will also be required to take part in a range of remedial driving courses in an attempt to educate as well as punish.