Essential Tips and Handy Advice for Van Drivers - Driver Fatigue, Hours, and Breaks

Whether becoming tired during a long road journey or simply driving after not getting enough sleep, driver fatigue can be a very serious situation. It's a dangerous condition that accounts for many road accidents each year.  In fact, RoSPA (the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) reports that fatigue-related accidents kill more than 300 people a year in the UK and cause 20% of accidents, especially on monotonous roads. Be careful when driving and try to plan your journeys so that they are not so long as to contribute to fatigue.

In today's Essential Tips and Handy Advice page, I have listed a few tips to help counter fatigue/sleepiness if driving. I also included some details on UK Domestic Drivers' rules on hours and breaks. Please click here to view the latest advice page.