Situational Awareness: Driving recklessly on pavements (DROPS)

Every month, the waste sector faces thousands of incidents caused by motorists driving recklessly on pavements, which seriously threatens the safety of employees and the public.
Within the ESA, we want to raise awareness of this issue and work to eradicate it. Some waste organisations have already began using a combination of tactics, including working with the police, employee training, re-routing of vehicles, clearer hi-vis marking, and resident awareness marketing. This educational video is intended to further supplement this great work and combat the risk collectively - helping to protect waste collection operatives.
It is imperative that operatives report reckless driving through local near- miss and hazard systems as well as sharing any vehicle (or other available) camera footage with local enforcement agencies to bring prosecution to the offender. Driving on a footway (or pavement) is an offence under section 72 of the Highways Act 1835 and is also prohibited by rule 145 of the Highway Code.