Fleet industry veteran Paul Holmes has become a director of PeoplePanels, a division of Dawes Highway Safety Ltd.
As commercial director, Holmes will promote the PeoplePanels and DawesGuard safety technology to a wide range of businesses operating commercial vehicles ranging from 3.5-tonne vehicles to four-wheel tippers and articulated lorries with trailers.
A former award-winning fleet manager at British Gas and the AA, Holmes said: “Many businesses are fitting cameras to their vehicles but the video recording will only tell a fleet manager that a driver has run over a person, the PeoplePanels and DawesGuard will prevent a vulnerable road user from falling under the wheels of a vehicle and potentially save their life.”
Managing director James Dawes, who founded Dawes Highway Safety in 2015, said: “Paul’s arrival in the business will take the company to a new level in terms of exploiting opportunities in the commercial vehicle fleet market.
“We are in discussions with numerous fleets – many household names – about fitting the PeoplePanel and DawesGuard to their vehicles. Additionally we hope to shortly announce a tie-up with a major insurance broker that could potentially lead to premium reductions for fleets that fit the technology to their commercial vehicles.”
