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enforce their policy while providing training on the hundreds of tests daily, storing all the data results in a
dangers of driving under the influence and promoting cloud-based platform, which makes for easy driver fleet
responsible driving practices. One of the most practical management reporting.
ways to do this is by investing in workplace testing for
alcohol and other intoxicating substances. Safety is in the numbers
Using these analytics, it is possible to identify
At their dispatch hubs, a number of significant problematic drivers for rehabilitation purposes and to
South African logistics and delivery companies have get a clear indication of the overall safety performance
started a pilot programme for mandatory testing and of the business. This data can be used for auditory
before drivers are permitted to leave the site with a purposes by the relevant labour inspector checking
delivery, they must submit to a breathalyser test. This safety compliance and can just as easily be presented
process is repeated each time the driver returns to the to an insurance provider to petition for and justify a
depot to collect a new order for delivery. Such testing reduction in insurance premiums. Just as insurance
is unmanned and automated, requiring simply the companies reward individual consumers for driving well
mounting of a testing device to a wall near the access (through the placement of vehicle monitoring devices),
control point at a depot location. The access control so too should insurance providers reward businesses
system can be linked to the results of the breathalyser with lower premiums in return for proactively mitigating
test – if the driver fails, they are not permitted to their risk by ensuring driver safety through workplace
proceed. Such testing apparatus can be used to conduct drug and alcohol testing. •

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