Cut Costs, Reduce Risk With Employee
Driver Safety Training
Can Help Your Organization Lower Health and Liability Insurance Rates, Reduce Property Damage and Vehicle Damage, and Avoid Employee Injury and Traffic Violations? Read on!
Employee defensive driving instruction makes sense for your company – whether or not your employees operate motor vehicles on the job.
If your organization has a vehicle fleet or employees driving company vehicles or their own vehicles for company business, a comprehensive Defensive Driver Safety course can lower your vehicle and health insurance costs, reduce traffic fines, lower fleet maintenance costs, and lead to fewer employee injuries and down time.
And even if your organization doesn't have a single employee driving for the company, you can still benefit tremendously from offering a defensive driving course for your employees, through:
- Reduced health insurance costs to you and your employees;
- Reduced employee time off for driving-related injuries;
- Lower insurance costs for employees with participating insurers.
Benefits of a Company-Wide Defensive Driving Class for Employees
Motor vehicle accidents are a leading cause of death and injury among America's - and the global - workforce. Whether on or off the job, auto crashes can have devastating financial and psychological effects on your employees, their families, their co-workers, and their employers.
According to a joint publication of OSHA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, and NETS (Network of Employers for Traffic Safety), vehicle crashes cost employers over $60 billion annually in medical care, legal expenses, property damages, and lost productivity. They increase the cost of benefits programs - Social Security, workers' compensation, health and disability insurance - and overhead associated with program administration.
The average accident costs an employer $16,500, but the average cost to an employer for an on-the-job crash is $74,000! If an employee crash results in a fatality, costs can exceed half a million dollars.
Sending your employees to a Defensive Driving Course and demonstrating vehicle saftey within your workforce can help to lower the number of automobile crashes among your workforce and mitigate the effects of accidents when they do occur by helping your employees be prepared and respond more effectively in the event of a crash.
Compelling reasons why employers should send their employees to Excel Driving Center’s Defensive Driving Course:
- To save lives and to reduce the risk of life-altering injuries within the workforce.
- To protect the organization's human and financial resources.
- To guard against potential company and personal liabilities associated with crashes involving employees driving on company business.
Our 2 Hour State Defensive Driving Course includes:
Motor Vehicles Safe Driving Practices for Employees
You are your employer's most valuable asset! The way that you drive says everything about you and your company. Make a positive statement by following these work-related safe driving practices.
Stay Safe
- Use a seat belt at all times - driver and passenger(s).
- Be well-rested before driving.
- Avoid taking medications that make you drowsy.
- Set a realistic goal for the number of miles that you can drive safely each day.
- If you are impaired by alcohol or any drug, do not drive.
Stay Focused
- Driving requires your full attention. Avoid distractions, such as adjusting the radio or other controls, eating or drinking, and talking on the phone.
- Continually search the roadway to be alert to situations requiring quick action.
- Stop about every two hours for a break. Get out of the vehicle to stretch, take a walk, and get refreshed.
Avoid Aggressive Driving
- Keep your cool in traffic!
- Be patient and courteous to other drivers.
- Do not take other drivers' actions personally.
- Reduce your stress by planning your route ahead of time (bring the maps and directions), allowing plenty of travel time, and avoiding crowded roadways and busy driving times.
