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Safe driving - Tyre check
Type: Good practice
Website with information and tips regarding tyre safety and selection. Tyres are a vehicle's only contact with the road and therefore the condition and type of tyre is crucial for safe driving. The website informs you about all relevant issues...
Safe handling of fumigated containers
Type: Good practice
The factsheet provides information and tips on the safe handling of fumigated containers. It gives advice on how to open them without being at risk from dangerous gases. Freight containers may be treated with pesticides to protect goods from...
Lorry tyres and your safety
Type: Good practice
A checklist on lorry tyre safety, with information on tyre pressure and tread depth and tips for correct tyre maintenance. Tyre care, maintenance and selection are critical to driver safety. The correct tyre pressure minimises tyre cost and...
Accidents between pedestrians and forklifts
Type: Good practice
A video showing how accidents between pedestrians and forklifts may be prevented by creating separate areas for pedestrians and vehicles. By creating separate areas for forklifts and pedestrians, fewer accidents will occur. Managers responsible...
Health and safety leaflet for road haulage
Type: Good practice
A leaflet describing common risks, practical controls and improvements for safer road haulage, with organizational advice, a Workplace Transport Checklist, legal advice and sources of further information. This leaflet gives information on causes of...
Safe coupling
Type: Good practice
A leaflet with information and tips on safe coupling procedures for lorries and trailers, provided by the German statutory accident insurance branch organisation for transportation. The second most common cause of fatal accidents with large good...
Organisation of light commercial vehicles
Type: Good practice
A set of factsheets with tips and guidelines on organising the contents of light commercial vehicles for safer driving. Each factsheet covers a particular professional category, with key points to check before purchasing a van (e.g. safety equipment...
Transperanto
Type: Good practice
A tool to improve communication between international lorry drivers and workers at chemical plants. It provides commonly used phrases for general safety, security checks, loading and unloading operations and emergency situations. Avoiding serious...
Napo in.. On the road to safety
Type: Good practice
A series of short speechless self-explaining films about safety issues of professional drivers on the road, emphasising the importance of good planning and preparation before the journey starts. Key issues in the film include reversing, safe loads,...
Safety maintenance of vehicles
Type: Good practice
A leaflet with tips and information on safe work procedures for vehicle maintenance, compiling important health and safety measures. Tips on safe work practices help prevent accidents while maintaining vehicles, e.g. being hit by vehicles moving...