Tackling drug driving

Research has found 17% of drivers who die in road crashes in the UK have traces of illegal drugs in their system.*

This low-cost Brake workshop, essential for road safety professionals and fleet managers, includes:
• latest current methods for drug testing at the roadside and in the workplace
• a tour of an accredited drug testing laboratory
• a case study by a company who has implemented a successful workplace drug testing programme

* R J Tunbridge, M Keigan and F J James, The incidence of drugs and alcohol in road accident fatalities, TRL Report 495, Prepared for Road Safety Division, Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (2001)

Speakers:

• Steve Collier, Steve Collier, Managing Director, Blue Knight Learning Ltd
Steve consults on drug driving, sits on the DfT committee for training and development of FIT and National Drug Drive Training, and lectures at Cranfield University on the topic.

• Lindsay Hadfield, Head of Education Policy Unit, Concateno
Lindsay draws on her broad experience of drug driving testing at drug testing company Concateno.

Website - www.brake.org.uk

Telephone - 01484 559909