ScORSA Newsletter

Welcome

Welcome to a new feature on the ScORSA website, the bimonthly ScORSA Newsletter where you can read all of the latest Scottish Occupational Road Safety news.

February 2012

  • Freight Best Practice Scotland
  • RoSPA Scotland – Young Drivers at Work (17-25 years)
  • BBC Interactive Road Safety Website - Road Casualties Map in Britain
  • ACPOS Drink Drive Campaign Update
  • Raising speed limit on motorways will “harm health”
  • Changes to Driving Practical and Theory testing
  • Overtaking
  • Grey Fleet
  • Agricultural vehicles

December 2011

  • Drinking and Driving - Campaigns, Resources and Information
  • Vehicle Operating Standards Agency (VOSA)
  • PRAISE Information
  • Traffic Scotland - Plan your Journey
  • Tyres
  • RoSPA Winter Driving Tips
  • RoSPA Response to House of Commons Transport Committee's Inquiry into "The Government's Strategic Framework for Road Safety"
  • Transport Research Laboratory report on Articulated lorries
  • RoSPA Scotland - Young Drivers at Work
  • Tax Discs - Are they an obstruction?

October 2011

  • Ready for Winter?
  • Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland (ACPOS) Winter Safety Campaign
  • Check your vehicle out! A new RoSPA video
  • ScORSA St Andrew's Driving Risks @ Work Seminar Glasgow 7th December 2011
  • Intelligent Speed Adaptations (ISA)
  • Energy Saving Trust
  • October – Tyre Safety Month
  • Young Drivers
  • Preventing Road Accidents and Injuries for the Safety of Employees (PRAISE)
  • Mobile Phones - The Growing Problem of Driver Distraction
  • Drivers Using Medication

August 2011

  • Grey Fleet
  • ScORSA Managing Occupational Road Risk and the Law
  • Lone Workers
  • Managing Drivers Risks
  • ACPOS
  • Safety Camera Programme - Key Stats 2010
  • Top Ten Tips for Staying within the Limit
  • ScORSA Driving Risks @ Work Seminars – Ask the Experts
  • Young Driver at Work Free Seminars Edinburgh and Glasgow
  • CPC Training

June 2011

  • HGV DVD
  • Request for information: HGV Stopping Distances
  • DFT Road Safety Strategy
  • Northern Ireland's Road Safety Strategy to 2020
  • Young Drivers @ Work Scottish Training Seminar
  • TRL Report
  • Driving Risks @ Work film on ScORSA Website
  • ScORSA Driving Risks @ Work Toolkit: Launch and Seminars
  • Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) update
  • Driver Tiredness Leaflet
  • Driving For Work: Safer Journey Planner
  • Review of the Motorcycle Test
  • Child Seat Safety Research

April 2011

  • Young Driver Consultation
  • Young Drivers 2011 Focus
  • Young Drivers at Work Toolkit
  • Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2020 Annual Report
  • Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) Road Policing Campaigns 2010-11
  • ACPOS National Campaigns for 2011-12
  • On the Move Newsletter from the European Union
  • United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety
  • ScORSA Toolkit Launch 11th May 2011
  • ScORSA Seminars
  • Freight Best Practice
  • Using Level Crossings Safely
  • Choosing and Fitting Child Car Seats
  • New DfT research reports
  • Cycle Friendly Employer
  • Westminster Government crackdown on drink and drug driving
  • The effects of Electronic Stability Control (ESC) on crashes—An update

February 2011

  • Transport Scotland launch of School Transport Safety Guide
  • Distractions
    • Highway Code info for road users
    • Recent Research
    • RoSPA factsheet on Driver Distraction
    • RoSPA factsheets on Vehicle Technology
  • ACPOS festive drink drive campaign update
  • TISPOL update
  • Young Drivers at Work Project wins Prince Michael of Kent International Road Safety Award
  • Eco Driving tips from the IAM to help keep fuel costs down
  • Freight Best Practice – Lorry Parking Guide

December 2010

  • Journey Planning
  • Transport Scotland – Driving in Bad Weather leaflet
  • Freight Best Practice Bad Weather Guide for HGV Driving
  • European Commission Road Safety News
  • ACPOS Festive Drink Drug Driving Campaign 2010
  • Drink Driving Don’t Risk It
  • Scottish Government - National Debate on Young Driver Safety
  • ScORSA Toolkit
  • Scottish Centre for Health Working Lives remind us that road safety is important every week
  • HSE - Workplace transport

October 2010

  • Road Expo Ingliston Edinburgh 3rd and 4th November
  • Association of Chief Police Officers Road Policing Campaigns
  • RoSPA information to help you Get Ready for Winter
  • October is Tyre Safety Month according to the Tyre Safety Council
  • Freight Best Practice Rural Driving Guide
  • Loading and Unloading Vehicles
  • RoSPA Launches Driver Profiler 20:20
  • Study on the regulatory situation in the member states regarding brought-in (i.e. nomadic) devices and their use in vehicles
  • Tips for safer parking and guidance on minimising hit while parked collisions provided by Interactive Driving Systems
  • When Do Drivers Have Their First Accident and Does It Have an Impact on Subsequent Driving?
  • European Commission’s Road Safety Plan 2011-2020
  • European Week for Safety and Health at Work

August 2010

  • ACPOS Days of Action
  • Scotland’s Getting Tougher with Drink Drug Driving
  • Reported Road Casualties Scotland
  • Scotland Forthcoming Events
  • Road Safety Scotland Annual Seminar 2010
  • T A X I - Calling all taxi drivers in Fife
  • RoSPA / BNFL Scholarship Scheme sponsorship

May 2010

  • Helping Small and Medium Sized Businesses Manage Occupational Road Risk
  • Freight Best Practice Scotland
  • Have you clicked (Seatbelt Campaign)
  • World Cup Z-cards
  • Supervising C1 and D1 learner drivers
  • Free Vehicle Log Books
  • Which? Car Tests
  • RoSPA Young Drivers at Work Toolkit
  • TYRESAFE report