We’ve all see it at one point or another on the road. You will see a work truck, van, or personal vehicle driving down the road with the name of the business emblazoned on the side of the vehicle, sometimes with the “How’s my driving? Call 555-555-5555” sticker on the back.
If you are a business owner who owns one of these vehicles or a fleet of these vehicles, you need to know that these vehicles and the drivers behind the wheel are representatives of your company, and these vehicles serve as rolling advertisements of your business.
I shake my head in disbelief whenever I see a company owned vehicle like this being driven like a race car down the road, as if a newly licensed teenager is behind the wheel. Not only do these sloppy drivers give your company a bad name, they can also cost you big dollars in the form of liability, higher insurance rates, and accidents or lost business.
Now, the question is, how can I avoid putting myself in this situation and what can I DO to ensure that I am not employing any of these drivers within my business?
1) Be diligent, check the driving records of your drivers at set intervals, websites such as www.4SafeDrivers.com make this process easy, by storing your driver information they make it easy for business owners to routinely check on employee driving records. My personally recommendation is to check driving records every 3 months, because, you will want to find out if the driver has had any violations or accidents before the insurance company does. Insurance companies will jack up rates and possibly completely cancel coverage if they notice that a business owner has a tendency to hire drivers with spotty driving records.
2) Which brings me to my next point, do NOT count on the employee to bring their driving record to you. These days, it is not difficult to alter a document to show a clean driving history, which can lead to unneeded pains in the neck down the road. Implement a driving screening as part of your pre-hiring process, before you waste your man hours or HR funds on hiring a driver who may not be eligible to drive for you in the first place.
3) You can also install secondary devices, such as “speed governors” with GPS (electronically limits speed), these devices are not expensive and they can save on gas consumption and the obvious, slower speeds means less violations and less accidents, which means MORE MONEY IN MORE WALLET.
It is the duty of the owner of the company to make sure that you are hiring the best and safest drivers out there, let www.4SafeDrivers.com make this process easy for you. Signing up for an account is easy, Just Click Here getting the driving record is just a few clicks away.
Alex Soltani
www.4SafeDrivers.com