#driver-training

#driver-training

Drivers from London are much more likely to crash on country roads than the rest of the population, despite feeling more confident driving on them. A survey of 2,000 motorists from insurer NFU Mutual found that 38 per cent of Londoners had been involved in a collision on rural roads, contrasted with 23 per cent of people from the rest of the UK.

The investigation found that Transdev, the company that runs the BPS bus system, has an "insufficient" record-keeping system and "incomplete and unreliable" driver training files. It also found that Transdev "lacks reliable, data-driven evidence" of how its training programs reduce preventable accidents. Finally, the investigators determined that neither Transdev nor BPS has put "meaningful and sustained auditing and oversight mechanisms" in place.

SWR has reduced its summer timetable to train drivers on new trains, affecting less than 5% of daily services at a time of decreased customer numbers.