Day one at The Health & Safety Event at the NEC Birmingham. James and Evan from RED are there to welcome you today ..so please visit the RED Corporate Driver Training stand, number 3/G4, if you're attending today, or planning to visit Wednesday or Thursday this week.

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How do you deal with horses? The logic is to slow down to their pace & wait to be able to give them a wide berth.

A signal is only worth doing if it can flash for 4 secs +, quick flash, one touch signals are not effective enough.

Signalling is a means of asking permission. If there’s no-one around to ask permission of, why give the signal?

As little as 2% dehydration leads to a 20% increase in reaction times, make sure you stay hydrated!

Many of our clients have long established mobile phone use policies. Does your Company?

Around 40% of crashes revolve around fatigue or eyesight issues. Do you have strategies for dealing with these?

In slippery conditions, go back to basics: brake and change gear in a straight line, then turn.

Modern vehicles are sympathetic to their drivers. Stay aware of your surroundings & alter your style accordingly.

Rubber and ice don’t mix very well – so do your best not to force the relationship between them.

Don’t hurl hot water at your frozen windscreen. Otherwise there’s a good chance you’ll have a fresh air journey!

Tyres start to harden and become less efficient at many of the tasks when the temperature drops below 7 degrees C.

If you use rear fog lights, turn them off again when you can see headlights behind you.

If you haven’t anticipated that someone might ‘cut you up’, you haven’t been paying attention.

When asked, almost every driver reckons they are above average on a scale of 1 to 10. They can’t all be right!

If there’s something you really dislike about other drivers, it’s likely to be the thing that annoys them about you.

Be very aware of flashing your headlights: remember they mean exactly the same as sounding the horn – I am here!

Speed limits aren't targets – but bear in mind that many other drivers view them as such.