Business driver are more likely to flout motoring laws according to research published by the national road safety charity Brake and Motoring Recovery giant Green Flag.
The research has revealed the fleet drivers are more likely to tailgate and speed as the majority of at-work drivers are feeling pressurised to get somewhere fast, risking lives.

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The Brake and Green Flag survey questioned 4,640 drivers, 2,510 of whom were people who drove for work (excluding commuters).
The results were as follows:
Six in ten at-work drivers (61%) admit leaving less than a two-second gap between their vehicle and the vehicle in front, compared to four in ten other drivers (40%).
Three-quarters of at-work drivers (74%) admit speeding at 80mph or more on motorways, compared to half of other drivers (49%)
More than three-quarters of at-work drivers (77%) admit driving at 35mph in a 30mph limit, compared to six in ten other drivers (62%)
According to the DfT speeding is known to be a contributory factor in more than a quarter of deaths on UK roads (27%). While tailgating (or ‘following too close’) was a contributory factor in at least 54 deaths in 2006 – this is a particular problem on UK motorways.

Road safety charity Brake are calling for measures to be implemented to stop .
The charity wants the Department for Transport to publish its research into satellite-controlled speed limiters (Intelligent Speed Adaptation, or ISA) and if it is as successful roll out to all vehicles. In the meantime, the Government should step up funding for speed cameras and traffic police, to ensure drivers don’t break speed limits or drive too close.
Drivers flouting these laws could be punished by bringing legislation to enable the Criminal Justice System to treat all unsafe driving as ‘dangerous’ driving. In the meantime, the Crown Prosecution Service should step up numbers of prosecutions for careless driving (for driving too close) and dangerous driving (for driving ‘much’ too close) to ensure that drivers who risk lives through tailgating do not get away with it.
Companies should plan all journeys carefully to ensure that at-work drivers do not come under pressure to tailgate or speed.
Tough penalties should be brought against employers putting drivers under pressure to break the law and drive dangerously, including penalties for breaches of an employer’s ‘duty of care’ under health and safety legislation and, where relevant, penalties for organisations under the new corporate manslaughter law (due to commence on 6 April 2008) and penalties for individual managers and directors under existing ‘gross negligence manslaughter’ legislation.
Simon McBride