Nigel Grainger brings together a related set of skills that all fleets require, to greater or lesser
degrees, but which may not have the staffing or the skills to fulfil those needs.
Bringing his wealth of experience in all areas of fleet management he offers a bespoke service through his company Fleet Risk Consultants, providing you with a cost effective fleet that complies fully with your 'duty of care' requirements.Are the roads up to the job?
The recent warm weather can create a few challenges for drivers, usually how to keep vaguely cool between meetings so as not to end up arriving in a molten state.
However, what most drivers fail to appreciate is the effect the sunshine has on the road surface. Without getting overly technical the road surface works at its best when the stones enclosed in the bitumen stick out above the surface allowing the tyres to get a grip. In hot weather the bitumen warms up and the stones sink down leaving a slick sticky surface which effects grip whilst warm, but as the evening cools down the surface solidifies and becomes as smooth as glass and makes driving treacherous.
When warm vehicles experience an effect known as bitu-planing, it is similar to aqua-planing, but occurs in warm dry weather.
My advice is to be aware of your vehicles road handling and look at the road you are travelling along and be careful.
Nigel Grainger
Senior Consultant
Fleet Risk Consultants
July 8th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
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