Morning I am putting together a driver awareness training session for a business (shocked from the tracking report to see one individual (who will be brought in for a 'Chat') reaching 108mph). Will be doing other things along with this to promote safe driving but looking for some hard hitting video clips of motorway incidents I can use if anyone has anything. Thanks

IMHO................108 MPH whilst driving a company vehicle whilst on business, if this was the case, should merit disciplinary action. If caught by the Police, they would lose their licence. No organisation can condone this sort of driving, and, unless you have robust procedures and deal with this, you could face serious legal repercussions both Criminal and Civil, following an accident.

108mph - great fun!! Illegal - but unsafe? Maybe, maybe not. Depends upon traffic conditions/time of day etc. Motorways are staistically very safe roads. I would be more concerned speeding in an urban area - more traffic, pedestrians etc who could etc get injured. Crash at 70mph - likely to be fatal, as crashing at 108mph. Keeps some cops in a job, I supposes, catching speeding drivers.

Interesting. Given that driving at a speed in excess of the posted limit is a criminal offence. So you are sure of the accuracy of the tracker system? In that case you are in receipt of knowledge of a criminal offence having been committed, and have evidence of that offence.

ROSPA have a lot of useful info and free resource on driving for work. I am not so sure about the benefit of horror movies. I think everyone knows the potential outcomes but it is never going to happen to us, is it ;-) After all we all know just when it is safe to break the speed limit don't we!! I well remember being told, many years ago, that one of the most difficult things to talk to people about is their driving skill and behaviour behind the wheel. I have always found that to be true. Perhaps it will be sufficient in this case to simply re-iterate the policy or to introduce one if it doesn't exist? However, there are loads of videos on that search site if you want them. In the companies that I have worked for over the years they have always had policies that included phrases such as:- Never drive faster than conditions safely allow. Must obey posted speed limits at all times. Gross speeding while driving for work will be regarded as a serious disciplinary matter. Did it prevent? No of course not entirely but it provided a clear statement of policy and a general deterrent with retribution when relevant. I agree with the comment about the investigation looking at why the offence occurred and not just punishing the driver. Finally JohnMurrray raises an interesting question about knowledge and proof of an offence. Anyone have a view on what the legal position would be? p48

"The results show that car drivers with more than 80 per cent of their annual mileage on work-related journeys had about 50 per cent more injury accidents than other car drivers who were otherwise similar in terms of age, sex and mileage. Drivers whose work-related journeys accounted for 80 per cent or less of their total mileage had, on average, about 13 per cent more accidents than otherwise similar drivers doing no work related mileage" http://orsa.org.uk/guidance/pdfs/trl582.pdf "I frequently see cars being driven within the 30 MPH speed limit in places where their speed is clearly dangerous" That may be so. But the speed limit is not an optional extra. The days when speed limits were decided on the 85th percentile are long gone. In the "good ole days" killing someone when driving was only points and slap on the back of the hand. Sentences of 4 years or more are now handed down for that.

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