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Accidents Rates Can Plummet With Simple Changes
24/08/2010 16:13:24

It has always been our business philosophy at E-Training World to keep things simple and to do them well. And this approach not only reflects the simplicity, ease and effectiveness of our online solutions, but also our on site consultancy as well. With more than 20 years expertise in fleet driver training and risk management, Managing Director Graham Hurdle, explains that simple, but carefully targeted, changes are having a massive impact on E-Training World's customers. "We're extremely...

E-Training World Wins Best Risk Management System for the Second Successive Year
24/08/2010 16:04:04

E-Training World has won the coveted Best Risk Management System award at the Business Car Techies for the second year running. Announcing the award, Business Car said E-Training World’s retention of the Best Risk Management System award illustrates the company’s excellence in this sector. The firm has created “the most integrated, simple to use ‘company’ and ‘grey fleet’ system available”. It essentially starts as an empty shell, with managers inputting all of the drivers under their...

Fixed Costs Remain High on the Fleet Agenda
05/08/2010 11:56:01

We may be seeing an improving economy this year, however cost control remains a major priority for many businesses. Which is why many companies are nervous about risk assessing their drivers in case it throws up the need for expensive and un-budgeted training. But according to Jonathan Mosley, Director of Sales & Maketing at E-Training World, it's possible to pin down costs with total certainty when looking at driver risk assessments and training. "We have a lot of conversations with...

"Safe From the Top" and "Green from the Top"
05/08/2010 11:27:02

For any driver training initiative to be successful, every member of staff needs to support it. And that means from the top down. Which is why, 6 months after launching its 2 Management training programmes, aptly named "Safe from the Top" and "Green from the Top", E-Training World is seeing genuine success in changing attitudes. The 2 management programmes are aimed at communicating the business benefits of driver risk assessments and training to maximise buy-in from key personnel. "We've...

Hazard Perception - The Key to Reducing Accidents
27/07/2010 10:14:06

E-Training World's online driver risk assessment was originally developed more than 8 years ago. The team that developed it was made up of fleet ADI's, road safety officers and members of the emergency services. Their view remains the same today; that the only way to truly assess driver risk is by looking at attitude, knowledge, concentration & observation, and hazard perception skills. E-Training World’s separate, industry leading, online driver training system used by tens of thousands...

Online Risk Portal Takes Grey Fleet Management to a New Level
26/07/2010 15:54:32

E-Training World has launched a new online driver risk portal to help companies combine the management of their Grey Fleet and Company Fleet. The highly intuitive system was developed after feedback from many businesses that they did not always know which drivers were using their own cars for work related journeys. They therefore needed a way of identifying these drivers, risk assessing and training them all in one simple process without needing to find out who they were beforehand. Quite...

Online Defensive Driver Training Sees a Massive Rise in Popularity
12/07/2010 12:36:03

With cost conscious businesses still looking to get more from their fleet budgets, online defensive driver training has been one area that has seen incredible growth. At E-Training World, demand for online driver training is up by a phenomenal 79% already compared to last year and according to Jonathan Mosley, E-Training World's Director of Sales & Marketing, its due to a combination of factors. "Many fleet operators committed to implement a risk management initiative last year but had to...

Middle Managers Can "Make or Break" Your Approach to Driver Risk Management
12/07/2010 12:07:33

Middle Managers are pivotal to achieving a return on investment from driver training and risk management. This is the view of Graham Hurdle, Managing Director of driver risk management specialists E-Training World who regularly sees the "positive" and "negative" impact that middle managers have on the entire process. "Line managers can waste companies many thousands of pounds by having the wrong attitude towards Duty of Care," said Hurdle, "however in many businesses they receive very little...

Saving Money is Simple - Just Use Less Fuel
29/06/2010 17:34:37

It seems odd to us that so many companies are willing to spend up to 10% more than they have to on fuel. Because with just 10 or 15 minutes of online training, which only costs £10 per driver, you could save yourself this money overnight. "If we look at this in terms of ball park costs," explained Graham Hurdle, E-Training World's Managing Director, "a standard fleet car covering 20,000 miles a year will use in the region of £2500 worth of fuel. "A 10% saving is therefore £250 and across...

Fixed Cost Assessment and Training Wins Favour as Fleets Pin Down Costs
29/06/2010 15:59:06

Cost control is always a number one priority for any fleet operator. But when it comes to driver risk assessments and training it seems to really weigh on people's minds. The main concern being that its almost impossible to predict your total spend until you've conducted your risk assessments and know how much training is needed. But thanks to e-60, E-Training World's pioneering fixed cost assessment and training solution, unpredictable costs are a thing of the past. "We launched our...

Telematics are a Great Idea. But Not in My Car!
15/06/2010 07:51:36

Here's a good question to ask when you’re standing with some of your company car driving mates in the pub. “Would you or would you not let your employer fit telematics and tracking to your car?” Its a funny one because it usually makes people quite animated, expressing views about human rights, invasions of privacy and lack of trust by employers. But why do so many car drivers object? Perhaps the number one reason is that no-one really wants to be watched or monitored that carefully....

Online Manoeuvring Course Soars in Popularity as Fleets Seek to Cut Accident Costs
15/06/2010 07:44:14

Ask any fleet manager and they will tell you that one of their biggest frustrations is the amount of money wasted due to small knocks and scrapes. Reversing into posts and walls, scraping bodywork, scuffing bumpers and causing small dents all contribute to a very hefty bill. And with cost cutting still at the top of most companies' agendas, tackling this issue has become a number one priority and has seen demand for E-Training World's online manoeuvring system soar. "Small knocks and...

Driving for 16 Years When Disqualified!
01/06/2010 11:58:11

Driving licences have come under increased scrutiny this month. The Licence Bureau reported an instance where someone who had been banned for 16 years was driving on company business. The unnamed driver received four, four-year driving bans in the space of 16 weeks from the courts to run concurrently. Two four-year bans for drink-driving were followed by two separate incidents of driving whilst disqualified and a number of other related offences such as supplying false details and driving...

Finance Director Makes Race for Life
05/05/2010 09:52:48

Race for Life is Cancer Research UK's flagship event, with over 230 events taking place across the UK and the sponsorship money helps fund life-saving work into many types of cancer. This year E-Training World's Finance Director, Sharon, is running in this important race and would welcome any sponsors who would like to help. To sponsor Sharon simply copy this link into your browser and it will take you to her Race for Life page. http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/sharonhurdle Thanks...

Driver Management Becomes the New Focus for Fleet Managers
05/05/2010 09:38:05

Companies operating fleets of vehicles are being advised to place greater focus on the management of their drivers according to Jonathan Mosley, Director - Sales & Marketing at E-Training World. His advice came at a seminar hosted by E-Training World and attended by fleet managers, road safety professionals and representatives from the fleet press. A timely workshop to look at the issue of driver management as an increasing number of fleets are risk assessing and training their company drivers...

Driver Training Online? Is it Really Possible?
05/05/2010 09:29:03

At E-Training World, when we explain that we can offer online driver training for just £30 per course, compared to approx £320 for an on road training day we find it’s often viewed with a degree of scepticism. The main question being, “But does it work?” Which is why, perhaps, it’s important to look first at what an on road course offers before you can draw comparisons to the online version. “On road defensive driver training isn’t about teaching people to drive”, said Graham Hurdle, E-Training...

Highly Commended in the Fleet News Awards 2010
18/03/2010 12:16:43

E-Training World has won a Highly Commended Award in the Safety Category of the 2010 Fleet News Awards. As finalists in both the Safety and the Training categories, it continues to place E-Training World as a prominent front runner in fleet sector driver risk management and safety. "We're delighted to have won the Highly Commended Award", said Graham Hurdle, E-Training World's managing director, "as it confirms to us, yet again, that we are providing truly award winning services and solutions...

The Closing Gap Between Fleet and Driver Management Seminar
15/02/2010 11:14:16

Vehicle vs Driver The Closing Gap Between Fleet and Driver Management 21 April 2010 Fleet management has always been about the vehicle. Dealing with maintenance, handling accidents, managing disposals and ensuring it is operational, mobile and being run at the most efficient whole life cost possible. But with an entire industry and set of professions built around fleet management, we now see ourselves entering a new era – Driver Management. • Drivers need risk assessing • Grey...

E-Training World Helps Fleets with New Monthly Payment Plan
15/01/2010 10:34:20

E-Training World has launched a new monthly payment plan for companies looking to comply with their health and safety obligations by risk assessing and training their drivers. The new monthly payment plan is an interest free scheme aimed at balancing the cost of conducting online risk assessments and e-driver training over 12 months. For a fleet of 100 vehicles that could mean as little as £325 per month to comply with their legal obligations of assessing and training drivers at a time...

Fleet Operators Demand a Total Solution for their Accident and Risk Management
02/12/2009 16:05:56

Fleet operators are demanding a more ‘complete’ solution when it comes to accident and risk management, according to a national survey conducted by fleet risk management specialists E-Training World. The survey, conducted in November to a sample of 162 companies operating fleets of vehicles, found that 73% would like to receive a combined accident and risk management solution through a single point of contact, with management reporting embodying both areas. The survey also highlighted that...

E-Training World makes Charitable Gesture
20/10/2009 10:34:26

E-Training World is supporting BEN, the automotive industry charity, by offering free use of its online driver training system via a voucher scheme, and also by providing a donation submission facility on its free online drink driving awareness programme, www.drinkdrivingkills.com The voucher will be provided in BEN prize draws, raffles or just as a way of saying thank you to a business that has raised money for the charity, and entitles the recipient’s company to receive 10 free online driver...

E-Training World Wins Award for Best Risk Management System
01/09/2009 13:48:17

Business Car 2009 Techies Award for Best Risk Management System Risk management covers a broad spectrum of aspects from the basic licence check, through risk assessment of drivers and a fleet’s records to driver training, which makes E-Training World’s win in the Techies all the more impressive. ETW not only covers these areas but much more too. The web-based system means fleet managers don’t need to install dedicated software. Couple this to a well-thought out and easy to understand...

London Drivers are the Highest Risk in the UK
23/07/2009 11:45:24

In a survey of online driver risk assessments conducted by E-Training World in the last 6 months, both South and North London come out in the top five highest risk areas in the country. The survey collated from data on more than 5,000 drivers, evenly sampled across the UK, placed South London, Wolverhampton, North London, the North East and Essex as where the highest risk fleet drivers live. Whereas the lowest risk drivers are from Shropshire, the South West, Lancashire, the Scottish Highlands...

Foreign Drivers in the UK - Education Must be the Priority
30/04/2009 14:38:14

There have been some terrible stories in the news recently about foreign drivers causing deaths on UK roads. And whilst proposal have been published which would see foreign drivers, who break UK road rules, facing fines and the immobilisation of their vehicles, the punitive route is not the only solution. "At E-Training World we are passionate about road safety", said Jonathan Mosley, director of sales & marketing, "and we feel there is a great deal more that the Government could be doing...

Online eco driving and manoeuvring course
30/04/2009 14:36:32

E-Training World has launched the very first dedicated online eco driving and manoeuvring course. As the very first of its kind in the fleet sector, drivers can select whether they drive a car, a van or an LGV and benefit from training on reducing small knocks and scrapes caused by poor manoeuvring. The online course also focuses on how to reduce fuel consumption and is tailored directly towards saving companies money through the avoidance of unecessary costs. "When a company driver has...

50% Off The Cost Of Driver Training
30/04/2009 14:41:38

E-Training World has a launched a new marketing campaign aimed to encourage fleet operators who have yet to test the benefits of online driver training. Fleet operators have a legal obligation to risk assess their drivers and then provide training to reduce their risk. This special offer from E-Training World is designed to attract those fleets that remain exposed to the threat of prosecution and could benefit from the simplicity, ease and the cost benefits of E-Training World’s system. To...

Blanket Ban on Mobile Phone’s In Vehicles Should Be Imposed
30/03/2009 11:48:10

The use of mobile phones whilst driving, even when hands free, is extremely dangerous and should be completely banned. A momentary loss of concentration leading to a 1 second delay in reaction time could be the difference between life and death. When travelling at 50 mph, that 1 second equals 75 extra feet of stopping distance or approximately 2 bus lengths – and that could quite easily be someone’s life. Those who argue in favour tend to focus on the fact that speaking on the mobile is...

Driver's Handbook for just £75.00 + VAT
02/03/2009 10:37:01

E-Training World has launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging fleet operators to provide their drivers with guidance on what the company expects from them whilst driving on company business. Fleet operators have a legal obligation to manage occupational road risk and this includes communicating with staff who drive as part of their job. As an example, if you don't inform your drivers how to correctly adjust a head restraint and they are involved in a crash resulting in whip-lash injury, you...

Free Online Drink Awareness Programme Launched
19/02/2009 14:57:44

E-Training World, the specialist in online driver risk assessments and e-driver training, has launched a free online programme to highlight the dangers of drinking and driving. www.drinkdrivingkills.com is being offered to any organisation, business or individual completely free of charge as part of E-Training World’s commitment to road safety. “We’re calling on any individual or organisation to help us highlight the dangers and risks associated with drinking and driving”, said Graham Hurdle,...

5 FREE Driver Risk Assessments Logins for 1 Month Only
05/02/2009 15:27:54

E-Training World has a launched a new marketing campaign aimed to encourage fleet operators who have yet to test the benefits of online driver risk assessments. Fleet operators have a legal obligation to risk assess their drivers and the special offer from E-Training World is designed to attract those fleets that remain exposed to the threat of prosecution and could benefit from the simplicity, ease and accuracy of E-Training World’s system. To register for your 5 free logins, visit www.dutyofcareonline.co.uk...

Lack of Common Sense Costing Fleet Industry Dear
03/02/2009 16:27:50

A leading road safety figure has spoken out about what he calls ‘the farcical health and safety culture’ which, if allowed to continue, will have an increasingly detrimental effect on businesses operating fleets of vehicles. Graham Hurdle, managing director of E-Training World, the online driver risk assessment and e-driver training specialist, believes it is high time more business leaders spoke out in favour of common sense when it comes to health and safety related issues, as we head towards...

Don't Get Whipped by a Personal Injury Claim
18/12/2008 08:55:04

The Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers (AIRSO) recently reported that eight cars launched this year failed the EuroNCAP whiplash test. Of the eight, three are sought after very much by fleet operators – the Ford Kuga, Citroen C5 and the Peugeot 308CC. Whiplash is a common injury following a low speed collision and some 1,200 claims are made every day. An estimated 400 of these are drivers who are undertaking work related journeys. "Obviously vehicles failing EuroNCAP tests...

Company Vehicle Drivers Warned About Morning After Breath Tests
18/12/2008 08:49:51

It’s December and the Police are launching their campaign to reduce drink driving over the Christmas period. And this year there's more focus than ever on the morning after. With the economy biting hard there will be less "going out" this December and more "socialising at home", which is often the cause for people to lose sight of how much they are drinking. In E-Training World’s online driver training system you are asked to pour whiskey into a glass and see if you know what a unit of alcohol...

New Duty of Care Web Site Launched
17/10/2008 06:45:32

A new web site dedicated to Duty of Care has been launched by online driver risk assessment and e-driver training specialist E-Training World. www.dutyofcareonline.co.uk will act as a focal point for giving UK businesses advice and information regarding their obligations under The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, which came into force this year. “A lot of companies we talk to ask if there is anywhere they can access straight-forward, clear advice about duty of care”,...

Driver Risk Assessments and DVD-Based Driver Training Paves the Way for A New Era of Assessing and Training HGV Drivers
02/10/2008 06:55:45

One of the UK’s leading specialists in online driver risk assessments and e-driver training has extended its services into the HGV sector. E-Training World has developed a driver risk assessment booklet, and an HGV driver training DVD, after research showed that less than 25% of vocational drivers have easy access to the internet and therefore could not easily utilise the existing online systems. The risk assessment booklet is posted to HGV drivers who fill it in and post it back, making...

Northgate Provide Free Driver Profiling
13/09/2008 17:33:22

Driving on business, for most employees, is the most dangerous task they undertake during their working life with an estimated 25%-33% of road traffic accidents involving somebody who was using the road for work purposes. As a result of this alarming statistic Northgate has launched a major new road safety initiative for businesses. Throughout September, Northgate through Fleet Technique it’s specialist fleet management subsidiary will be offering customers the opportunity for five staff...

HGV Driver Training Goes Green
01/09/2008 15:57:10

In the last 3 to 5 years we’ve seen the growth of online driver risk assessment and e-driver training systems for company car drivers. However, less has been done for the haulage market which has continued to rely on in-cab driver assessments and in-cab training. Put quite simply, each gallon of fuel burned by a truck releases 24 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere. On an average driver assessment or training course a vehicle is likely to use 5 gallons of fuel which means that for every 10,000...

Accreditation Scheme for Driver Risk Assessments and Training Could Save Fleets a Fortune
04/07/2008 15:49:24

A senior figure in the driver training industry is calling on all the major driver training companies to seek a national accreditation scheme which could save fleet operators a fortune. Graham Hurdle, managing director of E-Training World says that without an accredited scheme fleets could end up wasting thousands of pounds on duplicated risk assessments and training, simply because they have no ‘official’ evidence under their duty of care obligations that a driver has been assessed and trained...

Cover4Sure – The All in One Duty of Care Service Launched by E-Training World
17/04/2008 07:29:57

A new duty of care service, offering fixed costs and spread payments, has been launched by E-Training World. Cover4Sure provides a risk assessment of a fleet’s on road activities to include the vehicles, job roles, scheduling and driver’s abilities. Draft policies are drawn up tailored to the company’s operations as well as a Driver Handbook. Online risk assessments identify the risk rating of each driver, supported by online or in-vehicle driver training where required. All of which...

Driver Training Sector Not Ready to Cope With Impact of New Corporate Manslaughter Law
17/04/2008 07:18:53

The driver training sector is on the verge of meltdown if the new Corporate Manslaughter Law causes fleet managers to dramatically increase their focus on driver risk assessments and driver training. Graham Hurdle, who has been a fleet road safety expert for 20 years and is now managing director of E-Training World, gave his stark warning after a debate raged over the level of awareness with fleet managers regarding the Corporate Manslaughter Law. One Poll had suggested that 69% of fleet...

Mollycoddling of Company Vehicle Drivers Will Increase the Dangers on Our Roads
07/12/2007 15:00:44

Stringent health and safety laws that make company directors increasingly responsible for the safety of their at-work drivers will start to have an adverse effect on driver safety, a leading expert is claiming. Graham Hurdle, managing director of E-Training World, the online driver training specialists, believes that the onus placed on companies is now so great that company car drivers are taking less and less personal responsibility for their own safety, and for the safety of their vehicles,...

Pressure of Work Causing Drivers To Ignore Vital Road Safety Policies
06/11/2007 16:20:10

Company car drivers are not taking vital breaks from driving due to the pressures of work, and many are not conducting important checks on their vehicles to ensure they are roadworthy. These worrying statistics come from a survey conducted by E-Training World, the specialist provider of online driver risk assessments and e-driver training solutions to the fleet sector. The survey, of 217 drivers found a massive 82.7% of drivers are not conducting regular vehicle checks of tyre pressures,...

Eyesight Tests Being Overlooked As Drivers Blindly Take To The Roads
23/10/2007 16:38:03

Almost half of company car drivers (45.6%) on UK roads have not had an eyesight test in the last 3 years, and nearly 30% (29.4%) have not had their sight tested in the past 5 years, or at all. These worrying statistics come as a result of analysis conducted by online driver assessment and e-driver training specialist E-Training World, which examined data from 340 drivers from some of the UK’s biggest fleet operators who have recently completed E-Training World’s online risk assessment. And...

E-Training World Wins Contract To Provide Driver Risk Assessments for Towergate Underwriting, Transportation
17/09/2007 17:07:30

E-Training World, the specialist provider of online driver risk assessment and e-driver training solutions, has been appointed by Towergate Underwriting to provide a commercial vehicle risk assessment solution for its insurance policies. The contract was won after a competitive pitch and was secured thanks to the accuracy of E-Training World’s risk ratings and the company’s flexibility in meeting Towergate’s needs. “We tested a number of online risk assessment options”, said Andrew Evans,...

Risk Assessments for Commercial Vehicle Fleets – A New Specialist Service
13/09/2007 12:31:42

E-Training World has launched a tailored risk assessment solution for commercial vehicle drivers. The service enables vocational drivers to carry out a risk assessment by answering questions in a booklet that is posted to them. They can then complete the assessment and send it back to either E-Training World or their fleet manager so that their risk rating can be calculated. “With limited access to the Internet, vocational drivers find it difficult to put enough time aside to sit in front...

All Female Fleet Driver Training Company Appoints E-Training World
13/09/2007 12:29:20

The UK’s only ‘all-female’ fleet driver training company has appointed E-Training World as its partner for the provision of online risk assessment and e-driver training services. Venus Fleet Consultants, the Huddersfield-based fleet driver training company, run by Joanne Dixon and Debra Flynn, only employs female driver trainers to offer the very highest standards of in-vehicle training and risk consultancy. “There are a great deal of companies who employ a high proportion of women drivers...

30 MPH Speed Limits A Bit Far-Fetched, But There Are Easier Ways to Help Save the Planet
05/09/2007 12:49:32

Sir, I am writing in response to your letter from Glen Lowcock of The Secular Franciscan Order, entitled “30MPH Limit on all roads will save oil” (Fleet News 30 August 2007). Due to the extreme nature of Mr Lowcock’s suggestion, I suspect most readers will have read his letter and thought to themselves, ‘Well that isn’t going to happen is it’, and will have moved swiftly on to read other articles. But whilst his viewpoint is pretty radical, his letter should challenge us all to consider...

Driver analysis ‘over-mystified’
09/08/2007 18:52:55

A leading driver training figure has slammed psychometric testing of drivers by software companies, claiming it is “pulling the wool over the eyes of the industry”. Graham Hurdle, who recently sold Stafford-based fleet risk management and driver training specialist Pro-Drive to IAM Fleet, claims psychometric testing is over-mystifying the process of identifying whether a driver falls into a high, medium or low-risk category. He called for a return to traditional driver training values that...

Fleet alert over work death law
09/08/2007 18:47:09

Corporate manslaughter will become the “prosecution of choice”, aimed at employers of company drivers involved in fatal accidents from next April. According to solicitor David Faithful, the new law is a viable alternative to a health and safety prosecution and will carry a great deal more stigma. Speaking to Fleet News on the day the bill received Royal Assent, Mr Faithful said: “This will reinforce the obligation on a company to comply with health and safety legislation. We cannot say...