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Employee Driver Safety Programs Many employers are taking an active role in providing safety education for their employees, where employees are required to drive during the course of their employment. Every year billions of dollars ($230.6 billion in 2000) are lost due to absenteeism from traffic injuries, reduced productivity from chronic injuries that occur in low speed crashes such as whiplashes, lawsuits, property damage and loss of goodwill toward the business. In fact, commercial vehicles alone are involved in an average of $15 billion of traffic accidents annually. Whether your company consists of truck drivers, home visiting nurses or pizza delivery the safety to the employee is paramount. Your drivers represent you; they are often the first impression to the outside world. What first impression are your employees making? Does your personnel manager get calls about rude drivers, road rage, or "close calls?" Does your company have enforced policies regarding seatbelt use, speeding, road rage, and other traffic behaviors? Are your drivers getting traffic tickets? Statistics show that drivers with traffic tickets are more likely to be involved in traffic collisions. Company marked vehicles are often the target of scam artists looking for quick money from an insurance company. Are your employees prepared for the unexpected? |