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All organisations must have appropriate emergency response plans in place for coping during any unforeseen crisis or disaster that threatens to interrupt their normal operation. This includes emergencies caused by power cuts and fires, by adverse weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and extreme winter conditions, and those caused by serious security alerts, such as terrorism and bomb threats. Plans should be supported by effective business continuity management arrangements which cover how essential services will be maintained during a crisis and how the business will be recovered as quickly as possible afterwards.

Even if all the principles of defensive driving are followed, it will sometimes be impossible for a driver to avoid an accident.

A variety of legislation controls the hours of work of bus, coach and lorry drivers engaged in the carriage of goods and passengers in the UK and continental Europe. The main sets of rules that may apply are:

The permitted dimensions for vehicles are controlled by the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (SI 1986 No. 1078) as amended, implementing EU Directives.