SUMO - Eltis

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sumo – Appendix
INCREASED USE OF SEAT BELTS BY EMPLOYEES
AT A HAULAGE FIRM
This subsidiary project is a step towards achieving the road safety goals set by a company in its long-term
efforts to quality-assure business transports.
Service: Courses and greater control through monitoring seat belt
usage.
Target group
As work to improve road safety is part of quality assurance efforts, there are two different target
groups for attempts to increase seat belt use:
• management
• drivers
Management has already understood the importance of greater seat belt use and has also formulated
a target to increase seat belt use as part of its work to quality assure transports. The most important
target group for this subsidiary project is therefore the drivers.
Target
Examples of targets for a seat belt project could be:
LEVEL TARGETS
C
H
Use of the
service
Permanent
individual
behaviour
External factors
External factors that influence seat belt use include legislation and fines if seat belts are not used, as
well as the type of transports: long stretches on country roads or short stretches with regular stops for
loading and unloading in urban centres. In a comparison of pre and post data these factors must be
known to obtain fair results.
Person-related factors
Option offered: Using a seat belt.
At least 90 per cent of employed drivers have participated in a course in
which the use of seat belts was a theme.
Seat belt use is to increase from 65 per cent in 2004 to 75 per cent in
2005, in terms of the percentage of drivers that say they always use a
seat belt when driving lorries.
Person-related factors are gender, age etc. If the age composition has changed between pre and post
after measurements then this can influence results. In a comparison of pre and post data these
factors must be known to obtain fair results.