In this safety forum we were joined by Gareth Jones, Group Fleet Compliance Manager for Speedy Hire, who spoke about how Speedy Hire have approached the Direct Vison Standard requirements and embraced technology as part of the solution.

In this session, we were joined by David Somers, MD of CLOCS Delivery Partner Road Skills Online, who talked to the CLOCS community about bridge strikes, a high-profile topic with the Traffic Commissioners and an issue that can affect us all.

In this session, we were joined by Jason McComb, CEO of CLOCS Strategic Partner The Association of Vehicle Installers, to discuss the importance of using a competent qualified installer for your vehicle safety systems and how to make sure that your system complies with the various Standards.

CLOCS is delighted to welcome FORS Concession Director, Geraint Davies to the CLOCS Strategy, Standards and Governance Board (SSGB). Geraint brings a wealth of experience across the road haulage industry and will prove a valuable asset to the SSGB.

FORS, the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme, has teamed up with the Metropolitan Police, so that officers from the force’s Commercial Vehicle Unit (CVU) can undertake FORS training as part of efforts to foster better relations with fleet operators.

CLOCS was created with a clear focus on improving safety standards, and while this remains at the core of CLOCS, it has broadened its remit over the years to look at how construction logistics can improve efficiencies, saving time and money, and also drive down emissions and improve air quality.

Whilst we focus much of our attention on how to avoid collisions with vulnerable road users, there are a number of suicides each year that we perhaps know less about, and therefore don’t understand the role we might play in avoiding such tragedies.

The principal aim of CLOCS is zero fatalities or serious injuries from construction related vehicle movements and a key part of achieving that aim is understanding the underlying causes for such incidents.

Speedy Hire were recently thrilled to announce that they have launched a life-saving initiative which will see defibrillators (AEDs) be installed in its engineer vans across the country

FORS – the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme – recently welcomed its largest-ever delegation to the sixth FORS Annual Conference at…

To understand why we need minimum competency standards, we only have to look at how organisations like CLOCS originated but also look at the incidents we continue to experience

For operators, CLOCS requires that they demonstrate a level of performance in line with the requirements described under Silver in the FORS Standard and driver communication is a key element of that