How to avoid risks and hazards in transport management?

Truck drivers often encounter various safety and risk issues. To ensure safe transport, effective measures must be put in place, starting with regular vehicle inspection and maintenance. It is also important to educate drivers about safe driving practices and emergency management, but not many people remember the convenience of having their driver card read. Let’s explore how these factors contribute to a smooth journey and an effective response to different situations and risks. 

Tachograph reading

A tachograph is a device designed to record and store data on the driver’s work and the performance of the vehicle. This reading of the driver card is important to ensure compliance with the rules on working time, rest periods and the conditions for using the vehicle. The reading provides data on the driver’s activities, including distance travelled, driving time, rest periods and breaks in working time. These data are used not only to control drivers’ working time, but also to organise work, analyse efficiency and meet legal requirements. Driver card reading simplifies journey tracking and the possibility to download DDD files allows you to track time periods. What’s more, the system automatically recognises the new driver, which not only prevents mistakes but also ensures the system works properly. This is an important step in ensuring safe and legal road transport operations and in implementing the rules and regulations on working time and rest periods.

Technical condition

The technical condition of trucks is essential for safe road transport. Regular maintenance, including checks on the engine, brakes and electrical system, is essential to ensure that all mechanical and electrical components are working optimally. Load handling and ballasting can also affect the safety of trucks – overloading or improperly stacking the cargo on the trailer can change the weight and stability of the truck, increasing the risk of a crash, so it is important to plan the layout of the cargo in accordance with the available safety standards. Finally, it is important that maintenance is carried out only by experienced and qualified technicians. This will ensure that any technical defects are identified and rectified in a timely manner, thus reducing the possibility of an accident due to a technical fault.

Safe driving and behaviour

Proper behaviour of drivers on the road is also a critical factor in ensuring safe traffic and transport operations. Training covers areas ranging from safe driving practices to emergency management and understanding legal requirements. Drivers must be trained to follow the traffic rules at all times, to assess risks and to make decisions in different road conditions or traffic situations. It can also be helpful to learn how to use the latest technology and equipment features that help ensure safe driving. Training can be provided both as part of initial driver training and as part of ongoing training programmes to keep knowledge and skills up-to-date. Proper driver training helps to reduce the risk of accidents, improve traffic flow efficiency and promote safe transport.