how to deal with colleagues dangerous driving?

Tbh you need to be careful here as you have said, getting the rest of the teams backs up starting a new job as an equal would be bad enough, but as an apprentice dependent on them to teach you and pass you etc really isn't a good idea imo.

The fake letter from a member of the public suggested here might work if he has previous driving complaints on record or previous accidents, imo one letter in isolation will not be taken seriously or acted upon.

For these types of positions, solo working tradesman, the company is obviously not able to directly supervise each employee so they use behavioral history and conduct behavioral investigations to determine what most likely happened in the absence of actual proof/evidence.

This is why 1 letter in isolation would not be acted upon, if say he already has a number of previous complaints on file, then your letter may cause his manager to speak to him informally or i guess there is a small chance of some action being taken against him if procedures are tight enough, but most often it would come down to if the manager likes him and if he is a good worker, these things will often be overlooked until it causes a problem etc

Biggest problem will be showing yourself to be a troublemaker or whistle blower to the team and manager, no one will trust you or want to work with you because they will all have things to hide, little scams and make mistakes they don't want broadcast etc

In future you might need the teams help to fix a mistake you have made or help you with something.

Also anonymous letters, by the time it passes though the company and he gets informed of the complaint the origin might not be clear (+mangers don't always say where a complaint has come from) and if you have been pressing the point then he might add 2+2.

I would advise you to be very careful here, jobs like this can be more about if your face fits than actually being any good at the job etc. manager and team not trusting you could be suicide imo or at least make your life difficult.

Also if multiple team members give you bad reviews in your training or just refuse to teach you properly and set you up to fail it would be your word against the teams who could have been working there with no problems for years etc
 
I have to put up with the same with one guy at work. He doesn't ever say thank you when other motorists let us go. He drives straight through zebra crossings when people are waiting, it is just getting embarrassing! He was off on Friday, I though 'Wahey!' but they teamed me with another guy who has destroyed 2 clutches on the vans, and when ours got back to the depot yesterday was leaking fluids out from underneath. He revs the nuts off the poor old vans, but insists on driving. Argh!
 
It's always worse being in the passenger seat so maybe you are being a bit of a wuss here, lots of people drive like loons but they don't crash because their attention is on overdrive. It's often people half asleep that have accidents.

On the other hand 'think of the children', or whatever everyone else said.
 
Just tell him he dries like a ****.

Something along the lines of, "don't take this then wrong way insert name here, you are a great guy and all but you can't drive for **** and it scares me, can you slow it down a bit"

When I do driving assessments its along those lines "over all, while we didn't die on today's sojourn round the wilds of Nottingham, you still drove in a manner which puts yourself and the general public at risk. Here is a list of things you need to improve on"
 
Do the vans have a number on the back that you or the public can call to complain at? Alternatively just write a letter as a concerned member of public. Simples.
 
Had a guy at my old workplace who drove like an idiot, few months after having to spend a day with him he crashed and rolled his van into a field. Needless to say that put the shocks on him, strangely though I was the one made redundant and not him.

Cruel world eh?

Just go and speak to someone about it, atmosphere or not it's not worth risking your life to just keep the peace.
 
Nodiggidy123 said:
what i do if i think someone is driving to fast/dangerously, is scream like a girl.oow down

they soon get peeved off with me and slow down.
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Once every 2 months I used to facilitate classes for 14 to 16 year old girls where a team of experts would come in from the Police, Fire and Ambulance services plus a victim and they would discuss dangerous driving.
The best advice I have ever heard is that if a driver is going too fast just pretend that you are going to be sick all over the inside of their car and they will soon slow down.
 
You probably wont change the way he drives by talking to him

If there's other drivers/vans then you could speak to your supervisor about switching, make it clear your not out to get anyone in trouble but if the police caught him he'd be in trouble and you wouldn't be happy lying under oath

make sure you feel its clearly only a matter of time before he has an accident and you'd rather say something now than after it happens and your having your legs amputated (ie you really feel like you have absolutely no other option but to speak up)

you might ask them to say that if they speak to him it that someone had called in using the number on the van, perhaps if he's told that if they get another call in he will be given a formal warning he might calm it down a bit, since he cant very well control who might see his driving and call in
 
can you persuade the bosses to install dashcams to all vans 'for their own safety' ?

they are really inexpensive nowadays and hopefully it might make him think twice before driving like a tool.
 
This is a difficult situation and sadly it will usually come down to discussing it with your line manager or with someone in HR if your company has the air burglars. My advice is if you are unable to convince the driver then perhaps suggest a senior manager, subtly, goes for a drive with him and is able to see what you are seeing. Any company has a duty of care for its employees and if you are genuinely concerned then you need to escalate it. A good HR team (sadly rare) should be able to address the issue, but sadly it's a problem which is difficult to control.
 
I sympathise - I occasionally get driven about by a colleague and his driving is plain dangerous imo - a particular highlight was overtaking a HGV on a single carriageway road against a queue of oncoming traffic!.
 
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