Driving Safety and Defensive Fleet Management Course

Reduce road risk through defensive driving, journey planning, fatigue control, vehicle assurance, telematics and fleet-safety governance.

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Driving Safety and Defensive Fleet Management Course

Training Outlines

Introduction

This course integrates defensive-driving principles with organisational fleet-risk management. Participants analyse driver, vehicle, journey and environmental risks; strengthen hazard perception and safe decisions; manage fatigue and journeys; use maintenance and telematics data; and improve incident learning.

Objectives

Assess road risk across drivers, vehicles, journeys and operating contexts.
Apply defensive-driving observation and decision principles.
Manage speed, following distance, visibility and vulnerable road users.
Develop journey-management and travel-authorisation controls.
Control fatigue, distraction, impairment and driver fitness.
Establish vehicle inspection, maintenance and defect systems.
Use telematics and performance data responsibly.
Investigate road incidents and implement fleet-safety improvements.

Course Outlines

Day 1: Fleet Risk and Safety Governance

Occupational road-risk profile
Legal and organisational responsibilities
Driver selection and authorisation
Vehicle and route risk classification
Fleet policy and operating rules
Contractor and hired-vehicle controls

Day 2: Defensive Driving Principles

Hazard perception and visual scanning
Speed and stopping distance
Following distance and space management
Intersections and overtaking
Adverse weather and low visibility
Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcycles

Day 3: Journey, Fatigue and Human Factors

Journey risk assessment
Route and schedule planning
Fatigue mechanisms and warning signs
Work-rest and night-driving controls
Distraction and mobile devices
Impairment and driver fitness

Day 4: Vehicle Assurance and Telematics

Pre-use inspection routines
Defect reporting and escalation
Preventive maintenance systems
Tyres, brakes and safety equipment
Telematics event interpretation
Privacy and fair performance management

Day 5: Incident Learning and Improvement

Collision scene priorities
Road-incident evidence collection
Causal and trend analysis
Driver coaching and remedial training
Fleet performance indicators
Defensive fleet improvement plan

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