Where attitude is everything

“A number of risk management providers have online assessments that define a driver as ‘low’, ‘medium or ‘high’ risk. But we felt that there was some danger in simply labelling an individual as ‘high’ risk because of how they answered a questionnaire online.

We believed that maybe they were ‘high’ risk because of their personality, which is why we offer psychometric testing. Drivers and employers need to understand individual personalities to appreciate someone’s driving.”
Geoff Moore, Joint Managing Director of the Road Safety Solution

“The results of the PeopleMaps psychometric test form a major part of the recruitment process because everyone can drive to a test standard if they really want to. Drivers are the public face of the company and we want to employ people with the right attitude on the road and the right communication skills. Psychometric testing weeds out the quick-tempered, fiery characters who are perhaps likely to take a big risk. W don’t want those type of people driving our trucks because they will get wound up quickly and that attitude may result in a crash.”
Steve Barker, Health, safety and security manager with Keystone Distribution

“As you will know, the personality of your pupils and their attitude towards learning to drive are very much part of the instructional mix, and you will have noticed that these aspects are being focused on increasingly these days. They cropped up in the DSA’s ‘Learning to Drive’ public consultation paper and it’s widely thought that they may well become part of the training and testing criteria in the future.

Here at the DIA we recognise how important it is to take these factors into account, and have asked PeopleMaps to develop a psychometric profiling report specifically for driving instructors to use with their pupils. The PeopleMaps presentations at both Exeter and Manchester conferences produced a great deal of interest and confirmed out belief that the driver training industry is ready for this important new development. It’s a great opportunity and I recommend it wholeheartedly."
Eddie Barnaville, Chief Executive, Driving Instructors Association