Your safe driving policy

Helping you to manage work-related road safety and keep your employees and vehicles safe on the roads.

This booklet has been developed by the NZ Transport Agency and ACC, acknowledging the support of the Department of Labour.

Contents

1. Why have a safe driving policy?

• Don't be put off!
• What's in it for you?
• What exactly is a safe driving policy?
• Why it's so important in the workplace
• Where the savings are made
• The facts

2. Writing your policy

• The preparation
• Who your policy needs to apply to
• How do these drivers use the vehicles?
• Setting out roles and responsibilities

3. What's in your policy?

4. The 'must haves'

• Choose vehicles with high safety ratings
• Buying, hiring or equipping company vehicles
• Maintain your company vehicles properly
• Quick tips - vehicle safety
• Create safer drivers through training and education
• Licensing
• Address driver behaviour
• Address driver distraction
• Address driver fatigue
• Transport service drivers
• Other drivers
• Quick tips - fatigue
• Promote the use of safety belts and other safety features
• Hiring and disciplinary procedures
• The facts
• What to do if employees use their own vehicles for driving for work

5. The 'could haves'

• Fuel efficiency
• The facts - fuel efficiency

6. SAFED NZ

• Incentives / disincentives / rewards
• Personal health education

7. Next steps

• Getting the message across
• Measuring your policy’s success
• Quick tips
• Recording crashes

8. Case studies

• Fighting fatigue on campus
• Driver training pays off for transport company
• Fuel efficiency focus at Fulton Hogan
• ACC develops internal safe driving guidelines
• Road safety pack proves handy

9. What to do now

• Other useful websites