Safe Driving

As stipulated in the University Transport Policy, all University drivers are required to complete the online Safe Driving course. 

Safe driving courses acknowledge that although many accidents that occur whilst employees are driving on company business are not caused by those employees, something can still be done to reduce the risk by making people more aware and thus enabling drivers to be more proactive on the roads.

Even when accidents are not caused by an organisations own drivers, there is still a cost implication, this may be in terms of physical injury or mental trauma to the employee, damage to a vehicle with insurance implications, or lost days at work.

Course outline

The first part of this module is the Risk Assessment. You are required to completed the Risk Assessment before moving on to the training component. The training consists of 9 modules plus a test. The training will take approximately 30 - 40 minutes to complete.

The areas of training consist of;

• Setting the scene

• Is your vehicle safe and legal?

• Is low speed low risk?

• Increased speed, increased risk

• Avoiding common collisions

• Understanding what you see

• Comfort

• Lone working

• Night time

You can complete one section at a time and return later to continue. You must complete each section in full to save your progress. 

A training record can be printed after completing the online course and a certificate can be printed after completing the test.

Accessing the course

To log in, you will need to enter your University Log In (formerly EASE).  If you have any problems accessing the system, please contact your local Cardinus Administrator (see System Contacts at the bottom of this page).

 System contacts

Please contact your local Administrator in the first instance.

Cardinus Administrators contacts list