A new e-learning course intended to raise awareness of the dangers of mobile phone use is available for free for fleet managers.

If drivers are caught using their phones, there can be financial and repetitional losses.

Developed by Learning Heroes as tougher new penalties for driver mobile phone use kick in, the course is designed for fleet, training and health and safety managers to use for internal staff training. It also covers topics including speed awareness and making better driving decisions.

Learning Heroes’ CEO Adam Kara said: “Mobile phone use while driving is a serious problem for businesses. If employees are caught, then the company risks financial and reputational losses but more importantly, the rules exist as a deterrent because it costs lives. We want to do everything we can to help companies, so we’re making the training resources available for free.”

The driving safety course is one of 180 modules and more than a 1,500 blended learning courses in Learning Heroes’ content library. The courses are developed as short, sharp sound bites that can be accessed from any location and on any mobile device.

For further details and to see the trailer, visit: http://www.learningheroes.com/mobile-phones-and-driving/

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