Why Vehicle and Self Checks

Carrying out daily vehicle checks provides reassurance that your vehicles are road safety compliant and that both your drivers and other road users are safe.

With the help of your drivers, you should be able to create an efficient system to complete the vehicle and driver checks. Remember the driver is just as important as the vehicle.

The first step to completing vehicle checks is to know exactly what vehicle checks you need to complete and understanding what to look out for. Vehicle checks take place both inside and outside of the vehicle and the length of time to complete the checks depend on the type of vehicle.

Regardless of the time required, checking a vehicle daily is a requirement and through group work and discussion the driver will understand the need for these vehicle checks. These checks can extend to ensuring that the vehicle load is safely secured and if it is equipment for your job that it will be in good condition and working correctly so you can complete your job.

The price of correcting unexpected vehicle failures is always higher than the cost of preventing that failure in the first place. 

Well maintained vehicles give both drivers and businesses the following benefits:

• improved driver safety
• safer driver working environment (workplace)
• less collisions
• fewer injuries to the driver, passengers and other road users
• are more reliable giving less downtime
• better fuel efficiency mean cheaper to run
• more reliable customer service
• longer vehicle life span with better residual value