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Crash Free Driving Goes Practical !!

Posted on Wednesday, 8 September 2010 | Permalink

With the increased acceptance and success of DSS Crash Free Driving Learning Program, DSS has developed a practical element involving in vehicle coaching for up to three people. This element can be delivered as an add on to the standard 3 part Crash Free Program or can be delivered in a stand alone format.

The aim of the practical session is to address business' needs for practical driver 'training' but to do so in an 'everyday' environment. That is, DSS Practical Crash Free sessions target daily needs such as maintaining crash avoidance space, using your 'radar' to anticipate and respond to problems and challenging you to find ways of driving safer. These sessions are delivered in urban and rural environments, that is, areas where employees drive daily.

DSS avoids advanced driving arrangements in environments such as racetracks and skid pans because rarely used techniques are difficult to recall in extreme situations. Aren't you better off avoiding a crash situation rather then getting into one and then relying on rarely used techniques?  

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DSS provides Rural Fire and Emergency Driving Training Solutions

Posted on Wednesday, 8 September 2010 | Permalink

In response to increased demand from clients involved in emergency services, DSS has developed and now delivers tailored curriculum to meet these needs. DSS expertise in this area extends to off road heavy vehicle usage, such as Category 1 Fire Tankers, as well as off road emergency driving.

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DSS can now provide Trucksafe assistance in Tasmania

Posted on Friday, 9 April 2010 | Permalink

A new partnership between the trucking industry’s leading business and risk management program, TruckSafe, and safe driving and efficient fleet management solutions provider, Driver Safety Services, is set to give Tasmanian trucking operators the chance to improve the safety and efficiency of their operations.

Recently, Driver Safety Services was certified as a TruckSafe Endorsed Service Providers, undertaking training that enables them to assist companies in implementing the TruckSafe system.

TruckSafe endorsed service providers are consultants that an operator can engage to assist them in the implementation of a new TruckSafe system or assist in the maintenance of an existing system.

Driver Safety Services has 25 years of experience in assisting trucking organisations improve their safety and efficiency.

Though up-skilling the Tasmanian road transport industry is its core business, Driver Safety Services also focus on working with both drivers and trucking companies to improve their safety on the road.

Now, as a TruckSafe endorsed service provider, Driver Safety Services can offer operators access to the industry’s own accreditation program.

TruckSafe Chief Executive, Stuart St Clair, said the partnership with Driver Safety Services will enable Tasmanian trucking operators to ensure they are maintaining the highest level of safety.

“By becoming an endorsed TruckSafe service provider, Driver Safety Services can now work individually with its client’s transport companies to ensure they meet the highest levels of safety management,” Mr St Clair said.

“TruckSafe is a business and risk management system that is aimed at improving the safety and professionalism of trucking operators nationwide, so having a partner in Tasmania allows us to further spread the use of the system.

“Becoming TruckSafe accredited not only improves the safety of trucking operations, it can help their bottom line.

“With more and more companies demanding businesses show their compliance under Chain of Responsibility, having TruckSafe accreditation can boost a business’s bottom line.

“A TruckSafe accreditation is an assurance that the transport company is audited regularly against the industry’s most stringent safety standards.”