Example OneHaulage Company in England. Driver had been engaged in driving for over 20 hours
Involved in Collision, 3 dead including the driver. Police found a culture of encouraging drivers to work long hours, no management 2 Directors sentenced to terms of imprisonment |
Example Two
Employee driving excessive hours
Rear-ended vehicle on Motorway driver dead
No documentation regarding road risk
Defendants knew of unsafe practises and encouraged and permitted them to happen/continue
Imprisonment terms for both company directors
Rear-ended vehicle on Motorway driver dead
No documentation regarding road risk
Defendants knew of unsafe practises and encouraged and permitted them to happen/continue
Imprisonment terms for both company directors
Example Three: Policy or No Policy An employee using a hands free mobile killed another driver in a collision and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. The company were cleared of blame as they had documented policies with written instructions to employees on using mobile phones when driving
A firm faced a £9 million damages bill after one of its drivers while using a mobile phone ran over a cyclist . The cyclist was left paralysed from the neck down and on a life support machine. The £9 million pay out is thought to be the highest awarded to a British citizen by an English court. |