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Sep 10, 2007

Truck Driver Safety * Bulgaria - Study: Behavior Plays a Vital Role

Hiring the wrong truck drivers can be disastrous. Hiring the right ones can save lives.

Sofia,Bulgaria -PR-GB.com (press release) -9 September 2007: -- Naturally, safety training plays an important role in driver safety. Other factors may be even more significant according to a study conducted by Behavioral-Values Research Associates... The research was conducted on maintenance workers between the ages of 22 and 64, who had been with (XYZ) Company for an average of 17.5 years... They were given four assessments that measured their behavioral style and attitudes, their knowledge of safety rules, and their pictorial and mechanical reasoning abilities. Interestingly, the study shows the only significant differences between the two groups of workers (injured vs. non-injured) were in their behavioral styles and attitudes/values... The research validates that when companies implement a pre-hiring assessment selection system, four things happen. These companies:

* Reduce accidents

* Reduce worker’s comp claims

* Reduce turnover

* Reduce maintenance costs...


The safest drivers are those who are steady and cautious by nature, and those who genuinely put others’ well being above their own... Simply put, the ideal driver – the one you want to hire – is one who is high in the “S” and “C” behavioral factors, low in the “D” factor, high in the Social value, and low in the Individualistic attitude... (Photo from schwertrans.cz - Loading cargo from Poland to Bulgaria)

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