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Posted By Robert S Woods
We have had a flyer from a company stating that from April 2008 we have a duty to supply drivers with the revised version of the highway code.
Anyone got any further info or can clarify?
Bob
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze Bob, I don't have an answer to this one, but I do have a link to the online version - which you could forward to your drivers. It can be found at: http://www.direct.gov.uk...rt/Highwaycode/index.htmPlease not the disclaimer though, which states: "This version has been adapted for online use from the Department for Transport's current printed version of the Highway Code. In any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, only the Department for Transport's current printed version of the Code should be relied upon".
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze
The penultimate paragraph should say "note".
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Posted By John Donaldson
Sounds like a file 13 job.
But having said that have you checked the Department of Transport web site?
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Posted By Robert S Woods
Just got my hands on the document so I can comment first hand.
The flyer is from the TSO (formally HMSO).
The basics are they are asking if we are prepared for the corporate manslaughter act comes into force it will be easier to prosecute companies for gross failures to manage which lead to death.
It intimates that if we do not buy each driver a copy of the highway code or access to the interactive CD ROM we will be hung out to dry.
This never happened when the HMSO didn't have to make a profit.
Anyone interested in seeing a copy of the flyer send an email.
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Posted By halesowen Baggie
It looks like the flyer is from the DSA, a brilliant bit of scaremongering for profit by a government department!
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Posted By alan brotherton
I suppose this came from a company offering to sell you copies of the Highway Code. I would ask them to explain their previous statements and to specify the specific regulation they claim to be requiring it.
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Posted By Ron Hunter
Thanks Bob for forwarding a copy by e-mail.
On reading, this seems to me to be a misleading and rather bizarre marketing ploy by a Government Department - a bit of a cheap shot.
If this is modern marketing, then I'm glad I'm not in that business.
Apparently, if an employer distributes copies of the Highway Code to his employees, "he will ensure that he and his drivers are complying with current and future legislation".
FUTURE Legislation no less - wow!
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Posted By Brett Day
Given that the latest version of the Highway Code is littered with quite a few errors, I'd be surprised that it can be deemed evidence of current compliance let alone future.
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Ron
Does the compliance with legislation claim come with a restriction to traffic law only if not it is clearly a false advertisement!!:-)
Bob
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Posted By Ron Hunter
Bob,
The statement re legislation is non-specific.That said, the statement made is nonsensical anyway - I can't think of any law requiring me to purchase a book!
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Ron
But it is good to know that this simple booklet will ensure that all our drivers will comply with all law that is extant or will be produced over the next century or two. At least until the flyer is withdrawn. Rock solid government guarantee for me. Perhaps that should read Northern Rock solid though based on the antics of this government.
Bob:-)
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Posted By Garry Homer
Sounds like a money making scam.
The Highway Code is only a guideline but it can be used against you in court.
If your drivers had to know the LAW then copies of the Road Traffic Act would be a good starting place but it would take years to show you were competent in its interpretation and application.
As mere drivers we are deemed competent to drive when we pass the test. To my knowledge there has been no fundamental changes since I took my test just after the man with the red flag retired.
Saying that, some drivers seem to have the right to overtake at speed around the wrong side of bollards etc., also our local police drive over the footpath to park on a pedestrian area. So perhaps something has changed. ;-)
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