The Current Legislation

 

The main legislation governing road safety is the Road Traffic Act, supported by the Highway Code. All drivers are legally responsible for their own actions on the road and for keeping to the requirements of the Road Traffic Act. The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) also applies where staff have to use vehicles for work. This essentially means that all organisations have a duty of care and should have 'safe systems of work' in place which reduce related risks to staff and others as far as possible.
           Duty of Care
What is Duty of Care ?
Duty of care - ' a requirement that a person act toward others and the public with watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would. If a person's actions do not meet this standard of care, then the acts are considered negligent, if this is proved in court damages and compensation may be awarded for the breech'.

As more companies address duty of care issues, the actions  required by any  organisation to prove 'reasonable' care will be raised from what they were just five years ago.

The only sensible approach to this issue is to start addressing the problems now. It is probably easier and more cost effective than you would imagine!