FleetBoard UK News

From 1st - 30th June 2008 we will be running our 6th annual pan European 'FleetBoard Drivers' League' competition.

There were over 2000 entries last year, and this year we are expecting even more professional truck drivers from across Europe to take part in the individual driver competition. Mercedes-Benz drivers will individually compete to demonstrate the most economic, anticipatory and safe driving style and rank in amongst the top 20. These top performers will then be invited to the live final for a chance to win and be crowned 'FleetBoard Driver of the Year 2008'.

The first place prize is a DTM racing weekend for 2 people. Sponsors of this event are Mercedes-Benzz Charterway, Mercedes-Benz ProfiTraining, and Mercedes-Benz Accessories GmbH.

Participants' driving skills are evaluated by the FleetBoard performance analysis service during their daily work, and weekly publications of the interim results can be seen at www.driversleague.com.

For the second year running, in addition to the overall European competition, a contest will be held exclusively for UK drivers to identify the top 'UK Driver of the Year 2008'. The UK winner will be determined using the data from the European competition and will receive a specially engraved FleetBoard trophy.

For further information on prizes, competition rules, and for registration please go to www.driversleague.com.

For the past five years FleetBoard have run a Driver of the Year competition open to all of their fleets throughout Europe. The results are determined by the FleetBoard driver grading system which rewards the most economic, anticipatory and safe driving styles.
Last year for the first time, UK drivers were displayed in a UK league, as well as the full International league, and FleetBoard UK awarded a trophy for the UK Driver of the Year 2007 and UK Fleet of the Year 2007.
Two presentations were made on the FleetBoard section of the Mercedes-Benz stand on the opening day of this year's Commercial Vehicle Show.

21st Century Logistics were presented with the 'UK Fleet of the Year 2007' trophy which they won with an average driver grading of 8.59 and an average degree of difficulty of 5.2 over the four week competition period.

Picture shows left to right: Jim Dodd, John Robson, David Pink (21st Century), Jens Zeller (Daimler FleetBoard GmbH), John Baker (Mercedes-Benz UK).

Ray Davies of Imperial Tankers was presented with the 'UK Driver of the Year 2007' trophy. Ray achieved consistently high driver grades despite operating over difficult routes, he took victory with a driving style grading of 9.13 and a degree of difficulty of 4.27.

Picture shows left to right: Ray Mullard (Daimler FleetBoard UK), Ray Davies (Imperial Tankers), Jens Zeller (Daimler FleetBoard GmbH), John Baker (Mercedes-Benz UK), Dave Bardon (Imperial Tankers).