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MR. J. B. WILD, managing director of Harold Wood and Sons Ltd., told the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers last week how and why his company had started its training school.
Speaking at Harold Wood's premises at Heckmondwike, Mr. Wild emphasized the need for driver co-operation before launching a training scheme.
Mr. Wild thought that savings in vehicle costs alone would repay the outlay involved in setting up the school.
Choice of name was important. Harold Wood had called it the Driver Training School—this was not well received. The title was changed to Advanced Driver Training School and it was readily accepted.
Ninety drivers had taken the firm's course and accidents had dropped by 18 per cent.
Questions were put to a panel of training experts. One was: "What do you do with a driver, employed by your company for a number of years, who fails to pass the test at the end of a course?"
Mr. A. E. Teer, of Schweppes, answered. "The idea of a course is not to fail drivers, but rather to train them to a higher standard than that attained at the beginning", he said. In his opinion, if a driver failed to pass the final test this must be a reflection upon the instructor.