Managers warned over eye tests
Health & Safety update 2/06/2011
Fleet managers must do more to ensure that their company drivers
undergo regular eyesight tests, road safety campaigners have
warned. Experts recommend that everyone should have an eye test at
least every two years and whenever there is cause for concern.
The road-safety charity Brake, is offering free information for
employers to help them ensure their company drivers have regular
eyesight tests. Every year in the UK, an estimated 12.5 million
people who are due an eye test do not have one, the group said. In
a bid to raise awareness of the issue, the Fleet Safety Forum, a
division of Brake, is offering a poster and e-guidance pack free to
the first 50 companies to order it. The group's Look Sharp campaign
aims to alert drivers and managers to the importance of regular
eyesight tests.
The poster aims to help fleet managers get the message across to
drivers that it is important to have an eye test every two years to
ensure they can see hazards on the roads. The e-guidance document
explains the extent and nature of eyesight problems, and advises on
what positive action can be taken to prevent them among
drivers.
The 'Look Sharp' campaign pack is available free to the first 50
companies who order it, thereafter; it costs £7.45 plus p&p.
The pack is also free of charge to members of the Fleet Safety
Forum. To order, contact Brake on 01484 559909 or admin@brake.org.uk