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.

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