Brake Professional Bulletin - Fleet Safety Awards 2018

The 2018 Fleet Safety Awards We are delighted to announce Trimble Field Service Management (FSM) as our co-headline sponsor.  Trimble provides technology solutions to improve driver safety through a combination of in-vehicle hardware, real-time reporting and alerts, and a mobile app for quick driver safety updates. The robust visibility allows managers and drivers to reduce incidents and improve employee safety on the road. For more information, visit their website. The individual awards are sponsored by: Licence Bureau, Geotab, eDriving, Johnson & Johnson, Ocado and FleetMasterUK. Thank you to our sponsors for your support. There are remaining sponsorship opportunities available. If you would like to find out more, please email corporate@brake.org.uk. Brake's awards have been closed for applications, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank for all the entries and wish you the best of luck. The shortlisted organisations will be announced in August. Whilst the deadline for submissions has now passed, you can still book your place to join other industry professionals celebrating fleet safety initiatives at our prestigious Awards ceremony taking place on Thursday 11 October 2018 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole (UK). Please visit our website to book your place now. Are you ready for today's 'Connected and autonomous vehicles - moving towards autonomy' webinar? Wednesday 11 July, online, 2pm-3.30pm BST The vehicle fleet is changing at an unprecedented rate. A digital revolution is transforming transport with billions of dollars being invested globally in a race to develop connected and autonomous vehicle technology. Attendees at this webinar will leave with a good understanding of connected and autonomous vehicle technology.  The speakers include: Tom Voege, policy analyst, International Transport Forum David Ward, senior technical manager at HORIBA MIRA Jonathan Flower, PhD researcher, Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England Iwan Parry, principal consultant, TRL Who should attend? Representatives of any organisation that employs at-work drivers, including fleet managers,health and safety managers, fleet suppliers, insurers, fleet risk management, driver training providers.  This webinar is free to attend, and it is not too late to register. Please complete our short online form.

Upcoming webinars from Brake Are you responsible for at-work drivers? Brake Professional runs events that are relevant to fleet managers anywhere in the world, unless specified as country-specific. Currently, our confirmed webinar topics for the rest of 2018 include: Telematics - what next? Taking part in UK Road Safety Week 2018 Maintenance and mechanics - how safe are your vehicles? The benefits of sustainable travel Tackling drink and drug driving Identifying and addressing driver fatigue Please email corporate@brake.org.uk to find out more about the sponsorship opportunities. Managing young at-work drivers - the latest resource available for members The Brake Professional website offers a wide range of resources for members to access free of charge. These resources include event reports, guidance documents and posters for at-work drivers. The latest report from Brake, kindly sponsored by FleetMaster, aims at helping fleet managers to design effective strategies to reduce risk posed by young and inexperienced drivers. If you are a member, you can access it here. Not a member of Brake Professional? Please follow this link to visit Brake's shop. Alternatively, you can join for as little as £50 + VAT. Find out more.  Event: Brake’s Virtual Run is BACK for summer 2018! This year we are calling for participants to help us collectively run or walk 1753 km to help raise vital funds in memory of the 1753 people killed on roads in Britain every year. This is your opportunity to be a part of an amazing experience and help raise money to enable Brake to support people bereaved in road crashes and campaign for safer roads. It costs just £5 to register, which includes a fundraising pack, sponsor forms and your Virtual Run 2018 t-shirt. Register here: Click here for more information and to register. Fundraising - Be a road safety superhero! Team up with our Pledge Squad and dress up as your favourite superhero to help to spread the message of safe driving across the globe, whilst raising vital funds for Brake. You can run a Road Safety Superhero Day any time of year. Our national Road Safety Superhero Day takes place each year on the Friday of Road Safety Week. This year's national Road Safety Superhero Day takes place on Friday 23rd November. Take part: Visit our website or email superhero@brake.org.uk.