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Posted By Steve Conway
We have operations is the UK and US and plan to prepare guidance for staff who drive overseas.
However we also staff who visit other overseas locations where vehicle, road/off road conditions and driving standards are poor and consequently may be considered too high risk for them to be permitted to drive.
Examples of guidance and policies for driving overseas would be appreciated.
Steve
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Posted By Dave Daniel
Prohibiting people driving in countries where road conditions are poor seems unlikely to improve their safety. One of our clients had employees involved in an RTA in Turkey where the driver was a local man (driving at 70mph) and they were the passengers. It must be said that UK drivers are probably better trained than many local drivers who might instead be asked to act as chauffer.
Like other overseas activities I guess that you are to some extent at the mercy of local safety standards in terms of fire precautions in hotels, road safety etc. etc. People going to these countries do face risks but they face risks in the UK too.
Dave Daniel - Safety Consultant - Coventry.
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Posted By Jim Walker
I agree with Dave on this.
I used to frequently visit Barcelona and was driven around by the local company rep. The city has many one way streets but he overcame these by driving though the basement car parks between the blocks. I could never work out if this was normal behavious or if it was laid on especialy for the mad Brit.
Other bit of advice is if you are stopped by USA cops keep your hands visible at all times.
Don't do as I did and reach for my ID in the glove box.
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Posted By Steve Conway
Thanks Dave and Jim.
I lived in the US for 2 years and will do the first draft of the guidance for UK staff visting the US - my experience was speeding in a school zone - I didn't realise they started at 8am so the zone operates from 7:30 - I got out of my car - lucky not to be looking down the barrel of colt 45.
Steve
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