Fit to Drive Workbook.

Ensuring drivers are fit for the road is a legal duty and an often-overlooked risk for young employees who are new to both driving and the workplace. This workbook helps employers meet their HSE responsibilities while giving young drivers a structured opportunity to reflect on their fitness to drive, plan ahead, and reduce risk.

Newly qualified drivers are getting older

With the cost of learning to drive, rising insurance premiums, and the legacy of driving test delays, many young people are now passing their test later. Often, after they have left full time education. When it comes to engagement and education opportunities, early employment and apprenticeship schemes are becoming the new sixth forms and colleges. But in this new context, young drivers are often under time pressure and have additional responsibilities beyond simply driving safely.

Fatigue, illness, alcohol, medication, or substance use can all impair driving, but these risks are rarely discussed openly. Fit to drive gives young drivers the language, permission and confidence to speak up - and gives employers a clear pathway to fulfilling their legal obligations.

What’s included

  • Reflective workbook structure: Covers the three main fitness to drive risks - drink, drugs and fatigue

  • Interactive activities: Prompts drivers to reflect, rehearse difficult conversations, and create action plans

  • Two-way commitment: Includes employee and employer pledges to support shared responsibility

  • Built-in longevity: 2 and 3-year review pages prompts reflection as drivers mature and situations change

  • Dual format: Can be used digitally or printed in A5 for physical distribution

Designed for real-world use

This resource supports meaningful conversations between employers and their young drivers. It’s ideal for use within:

  • Apprenticeship induction programmes

  • Fleet safety management

  • Early employment driver onboarding

  • Workplace wellbeing or compliance training

The workbook helps normalise safe behaviours and fosters confidence among young workers to speak up when not fit to drive.

Compliance leverage

Employers have a clear legal responsibility under health and safety law to ensure those who drive for work are competent and fit for the task. This workbook contributes to a risk management audit trail, showing that these specific risks has been addressed in a structured, proactive way. In the event of a road incident, the presence of a completed workbook could support the employer’s legal position.

Licence details

  • Cost: £950 per year

  • Includes: Unlimited access to the workbook for use across teams, with branding

  • Format: Digital download (interactive PDF) or ready-to-print A5 booklet

  • Customisation: Logos and local signposting can be added to support internal policies or campaigns

Please contact james@co-pilot.org for more information.