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Please can all the readers of my articles help the team at Driving Ambition hit their target. They are doing it in an innovative way and for a great cause.

Please go to this page to donate

Thank you.

In this National Road Safety Week we at Driving Ambition are aiming to raise £1 for every fatality in 2008. Sadly our target is £2538, yes over 2500 Mothers, Sons, Daughter or Dads died last year, lets hope that we have to raise less next year as the road casualty figures continue to fall. If you need reminding of the tragedy that a road death please take a look at the following links http://www.brake.org.uk/advice/young-driver/too-young-to-die – the videos say it all. Our fund raising activities will be focused on the 12 hours (one hour for each month of the year) between 6am and 6pm on Monday 23rd November, however if you have landed on this page outside of these hours please do not be put off, we will gratefully accept your donations at anytime.

Driving Ambition is committed to promoting safe driving at every level and is proud to be associated with Brake the road safety charity you can find out more about brake by visiting www.brake.org.uk

Please give generously

Sandra Pennyfather

In a weeks time 23rd to 29th November is Road Safety Week in the United Kingdom. It is an initiative by the Road Safety Charity BRAKE.

This is the ideal time for you as a business to re-enforce the messages that your Road Risk Policies send, or better still take a look at your personal approach to the way you approach the roads.

What better opportunity do you need to engage your drivers once more in taking the time to review how they use their vehicle and the risks associated with that use.

This years theme is ‘Not a Drop, Not a Drag’, and you are being asked to commit to complete abstinence from alcohol and drugs before driving any type of vehicle.

I am in total agreement with this approach, but I am also aware of people who still think that they can drink an amount without affecting their driving ability. That is, in my opinion, criminally stupid. Alcohol and drugs have unpredictable effects on your driving ability.

These issues should also be part of your overall business risk management process before we even get to vehicles.

If you want to know how you can help your employees and yourself get home each night to your loved ones you should contact the team at Fleet Risk Consultants for advice.

Nigel Grainger

Senior Consultant

Fleet Risk Consultants