A wide range of fleets give risk management of cars ‘much lower priority’ than for vans, says fleet management software specialist FleetCheck.
This may be because vans are viewed more as working tools that are often treated roughly, while cars are judged to be better looked after by their drivers as they are seen as personal transport, said Peter Golding, managing director of FleetCheck.
He said: “This is something that we see time and again, especially in SMEs. Managers view vans as purely working vehicles and, for that reason, automatically apply health and safety thinking to them, realising that their safety is a corporate liability.
“However, they perceive cars much more as personal transportation and simply do not place them in the same mental space. It is almost as…
