Another busy week for Backwatch Safety Products, with Live view recording and Trackers remaining popular. In addition we had the opportunity to run another Road Safety Workshop in our home town of Bridgend in South Wales. Wednesday evening saw us talking about safety with the young people at 3rd Bridgend Scout Troop. On the agenda…
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BackWatch Sponsor IronMan Wales Athlete
BackWatch are proud to be an official sponsor of Ironman athlete Chris Lewis. Chris who is LCV Sales Manager at Renault Trucks Cardiff has entered one of toughest Ironman triathlons in the world in 2018. Held in the beautiful town of Tenby Chris along with other brave men and women will line up on race…
Renault Trucks Competition Time
Lets get social this week!! Renault Trucks has launched an exciting social media competition to highlight its Range T High truck coming to the UK at the end of this year. They are looking for themes for the liveries of the first ten right-hand drive Range T High demonstrator vehicles. The completion is open to UK…
Coroner Calls For Mandatory Vehicle Safety Aides Following Death.
An inquest in Ruthin heard the lorry driver would not have been able to see the 69 year old ex police officer as his cameras were not connected. In addition the vehicle had a caution vehicle turning alarm but this was not connected either. The coroner said both systems should become mandatory in large vehicles…
The T Charge is here!
As reported by us on the 14th September from today Monday 23 October 2017, London will be introducing the Toxicity Charge or T-Charge to ensure vehicles travelling into the city meet exhaust emission standards. Those running trucks regularly into London, the T-Charge will mean little change as levels are set at the same standard…
TICK Tracker Launch at FORS Conference 17th October 2017
TICK is a portable GPS tracker, that can be used virtually anywhere that comes to mind. Monitoring vehicles, children, expensive items, containers, trailers, monitoring participants of extreme sports or organising people in the field. Thanks to its small dimensions and magnetized fixing it can be placed almost anywhere. Easy to set up and monitor…
FTA – Safety Management
The FTA’s James Firth has written an excellent article in this month’s Safety Supplement Magazine around compliance and responsibilities of the Transport Manger. Highlighting the responsibility of companies to insure safe working practices. In Feb 2016 changes were made into sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences and corporate manslaughter. Penalties are based on company…
Direct Vision Standard September Update.
Backwatch Safety Products reported on our weekly updated new page on 30th July that the Mayor of London had plans for an outright ban on all vehicles over 12 tonnes which didn’t meet new Direct Vision Standards (DVS) in 2020. A Star rating was to be introduced around levels of direct vision a driver has…
Review into New Death by Dangerous Cycling Law.
The review was announced as a result of the recent case where cyclist Charlie Alliston was jailed for eighteen months for knocking over and killing Mrs Kim Briggs in South East London on a fixed-gear bike with no front brakes. Alliston, 20, was cleared of manslaughter but found guilty of causing bodily harm by…
London T-Charge -October
From Monday 23 October 2017, London will be introducing the Toxicity Charge or T-Charge to ensure vehicles travelling into the city meet exhaust emission standards. Those running trucks regularly into London, the T-Charge will mean little change as levels are set at the same standard as London’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ), that is Euro-4…