Bill Hartnett Road Safety provides driver risk management courses to any organisation seeking the benefits of improved driver occupational health & safety, as well as a reduction in fleet collision costs. We achieve this with combined theory/practical driving courses


What do we do? Put simply we provide Driver Risk Management Courses as an alternative to 'conventional' Driver Training and Defensive Driving Courses. This is an innovative and modern approach to the control of fleet accident costs, as well as driver occupational health and safety. It's a first in 'post-licence' driver education and has evolved from our 36 years experience in road safety. Our courses allow drivers to gain knowledge and crash prevention skills at driver education facilities such as The University of Western Sydney.

Why send your drivers to us? Recent research has resulted in some criticism of Driver Training/ Defensive Driving Courses, due to their focus on car control skills, rather than behavioural skills. Our Risk Management Course looks at developing correct driver attitude and behaviour. It therefore avoids the undesirable outcomes associated with learning car control skills, particularly when those skills are learned in a company vehicle. Ours is not as 'exciting' as a driver training course, but we know that Fleet Administration Professionals want drivers to learn responsible accident prevention skills rather than be taught how to throw the company car around.


COURSE ELEMENTS:
Risk recognition & management
Understanding braking distances
Understanding driver reaction time differences
Rear end crash avoidance

COURSE ELEMENTS:
Speed management
Parking/reversing awareness
Vehicle equipment (ABS etc)
Vehicle maintenance

About us Our expertise is in risk management driver education. Bill Hartnett (M.AIRM) has been at the cutting edge of fleet driver education for the past 36 years and is responsible for some notable firsts. First to provide courses that did not include high speed or so called advanced driving skills. First to provide driver education courses specifically for drivers of fleet vehicles. First to provide non car-control-skills-based Risk Management Courses as a modern alternative to Driver Training/Defensive Driving Courses. Full information on our range of courses can be obtained by contacting our office.

Bill Hartnett Road Safety
2 Heights Place Hornsby Heights 
New South Wales Australia 2077
Ph 02 9476 5040 Fax 02 9476 6997
safety@bigpond.net.au