LTB 146/23 - POL/CWU - Driving Safely in Bright Sunlight and Sun Glare Conditions - Driver and Road Safety: Joint Communication

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LTB 146/23 - POL/CWU – Driving Safely in Bright Sunlight and Sun Glare Conditions - Driver and Road Safety: Joint Communication

LTB 146/23 – POL/CWU – Driving Safely in Bright Sunlight and Sun Glare Conditions – Driver and Road Safety: Joint Communication
No. 146/2023

9 June 2023

Our Ref: PO10/23

To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues,

POL/CWU – Driving Safely in Bright Sunlight and Sun Glare Conditions – Driver and Road Safety: Joint Communication:

Following discussions with the Post Office Ltd Driver and Road Safety Team, a Joint Communication is being issued to all POL commercial fleet and company car drivers. See copy attached for your information which is based on guidance developed by the AA and RAC.

Every driver has a responsibility to drive with due care and attention. Drivers must be alert for anything that may affect their ability to do just that. Whilst many drivers are sensible when it’s sunny and put sunglasses on for example, remove any shiny objects from the dashboard and lower the sun visor to help avoid unnecessary glare, quite a few drivers don’t. Drivers need to be mindful to drive with care and attention in all conditions.

However, the official regulations are that a driver can wear sunglasses while driving but it is not a legal requirement in to wear them in bright conditions but a driver could still be considered by police to be ‘driving without due care and attention’. However, we have no knowledge of any prosecutions to that effect since the revised Highway Code was introduced. So it’s not clear how likely this is, but it is worth noting that the Highway Code says that if you as a driver are dazzled by bright sunlight, you should slow down and if necessary stop your vehicle.

As glare is one of the primary causes of crashes it makes sense for drivers to wear sunglasses, providing they are suitable. They should not be too dark and should not be a style that could obscure peripheral vision as these could also land the driver in trouble with the law, technically speaking.

Drive on over to the link for more.

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