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The SWA 2020 report said out of 194 workers killed yearly on the job in Australia, three out of four fatalities involved a vehicle.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGetting proper defensive driver training for your staff, then, seems like common sense. As the NRMA points out, well-trained staff deliver more value to your business, with reduced expenditure due to fewer incidents of property damage, personal injury and compensation claims.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E“To protect your staff and business, it’s crucial for vehicles to be recognised as part of the workplace if you have drivers on the road,” an NRMA spokesman said.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELisa Skaife - the sister of racing legend Mark Skaife, who was also involved in motorsport for more than 20 years - was so concerned about the level of driving skill in this country that she helped to create an online driving simulator that could be used in schools.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E“The fact is, most of us are taught to drive by our parents, who pass on 20 or 30 years of bad habits, and it’s quite clear that incompetent teachers make bad drivers,” Skaife insists.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf your employees are bringing those bad habits to work, and their role involves a lot of driving, it makes sense to get them involved in driver training.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E“No matter how good a driver you think you are, everybody will learn something if they go and have some professional driver training, and everyone should do it, not just once, but every few years,” Skaife says.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E“It’s a chance to hone your skills, but also to find out if you have got any bad habits. 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