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The
Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is the only
agency in Great Britain charged with setting
driving standards. DSA has a wealth of experience
in assessing drivers and riders because
it conducts over one million driving tests,
across all categories of vehicle, every
year. DSA also trains, tests and monitors
the performance of examiners and sets the
standards and syllabus by which all approved
driving instructors teach driving.
Driver
quality monitoring
The
driver quality monitoring service (DQM)
provides an objective and informed perspective
of a bus and coach driver's ability.
The
new government Road Safety Strategy
has expanded the role of DSA to include
assessing the standards of driving of
professional drivers and assisting their
employers to achieve high safety standards.
The
objectives of DQM are to:
improve
and increase the general awareness
of road safety
reduce
passenger, pedestrian and road
accidents
contribute
to an overall reduction in insurance
claims and premiums
address
public concerns about driving
standards identified through correspondence,
accident and other surveys
stimulate
driver awareness of driving and
road safety issues and the effect
these have on customer service
identify
and specify the driver training
needs of organisations and individuals
Occupational
driver appraisals
DSA
has the expertise to carry out occupational driving appraisals
(ODA) and offers companies an objective and informed view
of an employee's driving ability.
ODA
aims to:
improve
the safety of operations within an organisation
and to help reduce occupational driver incidents
identify
and specify the driver training needs of organisations
and individuals
improve
and increase the awareness of road safety
increase
driver awareness of driving and road safety issues
help
employers achieve high safety standards
promote
the culture of continual driver development
For
more information about either of these services please visit
the DSA website.
