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Ideas
to Promote Safe Driving
Tragically in 2002, more than 600 people lost their lives
as a result of motor vehicle accidents in Maryland. Another
38,000 Marylanders were injured in auto accidents, many
of them while doing their job or commuting to work. IWIF
is asking all of our 30,000 Maryland employers to help promote
workplace driving safety. For Maryland's drivers whether,
on or off the job, driving a motor vehicle is the most hazardous
job we will face each day. From truck driving and pizza
delivery to salespeople and daily commuters, workplace driving
accidents can involve any type of worker and can adversely
affect your bottom line costs of doing business - including
your workers' compensation costs. In fact, in 2002, 10%
of IWIF's claims costs were paid out for injuries resulting
from workplace motor vehicle injuries.
Did
you know that approximately 82% of all traffic accidents
are due to driver error?
Speeding, not paying attention, following too closely
and failing to give right of way are just a few examples
of these correctable "driver errors."
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Part of educating our policyholders and their employees about
the importance of workplace driving safety is to have everyone
start paying attention to basic driving safety principles.
To help you remind your employees of the importance of paying
attention while driving, here are a few ideas and tip sheets
for training as well as websites that offer additional resources
for improving the safe driving skills of your employees.
Ideas for promoting driving safety in your workplace
or to sponsor a Drive Safely Work Week campaign in your
workplace
* Obtain and review copies of your employees' MVA driving
records.
* Conduct routine maintenance checks on all company vehicles.
* Have an all-employee meeting dealing with driving safety.
Invite a guest speaker. The MVA, SHA, Maryland State Police,
Safety Council of Maryland and IWIF all have presenters/speakers
available.
* Take advantage of the Safety Council of Maryland's Defensive
Driving Course. This 6-hour class is a great way to give
your employees valuable refresher training in driving. Face
it; the majority of us are way past 16 years of age, which
is the last time we took any type of driving instruction.
* Provide driving safety literature and handouts.
* Show a refresher driving safety video.
IWIF's Loss Control services have a list of driving safety
videos available for loan to our policyholders. IWIF
Video Library Link
For additional tips and information to help promote Drive
Safely Work Week in your workplace, visits these websites:
www.netsnational.org
www.netsnational.org/tsafe/
For additional
valuable driving safety information, visit these websites:
www.sha.state.md.us Maryland State Highway Administration
http://mva.state.md.us
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
www.safemd.org/ Safety
Council of Maryland
www.nsc.org National Safety
Council
IWIF
encourages all Maryland employers, small and large,
to promote workplace
driving safety. So pay attention; safe driving is everyone's
business. Do your part |
Pay Attention:
Driving
Safety: Pay Attention Tip Sheet -
PDF111KB
Paycheck
stuffers -
PDF
Feedback please. Let IWIF know if you need additional
information or assistance with workplace driving safety.
losscontrol@iwif.com
or communications@iwif.com
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