The Energy Saving Trust’s Smarter Driving programme, which is subsidised by the Department for Transport, has been extended to include vans up to 3.5 tonnes.
Vans were included after the Government subsidy for SAFED van training ended in March.
“Over the last year we’ve had a lot of enquiries from fleet managers about training in vans, but up until now we’ve had to turn people away,” explained Bob Saynor, programme manager.
“The financial arguments in favour of putting your drivers through this short but effective training course are clear-cut.”
Training costs £15 per person, based on training nine drivers per day, and the Energy Saving Trust provides the van, fuel and insurance as well as the instructor, although it is possible for an organisation to do it in their own vehicles.
The first 10,000 car drivers to do the training saw an average 14.8% reduction in fuel consumption between their ‘before’ and ‘after’ laps.
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