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Safety device wins award

RVSS Ltd was awarded the Lex Vehicle Leasing Vehicle safety device award for its Bootsafe and Bootroll product at the first Fleet Safety Forum Awards for Excellence.

Peter Lyne, marketing director, RVSS Ltd, received the award from Peter Knight, communications manager, Lex Vehicle Leasing, at Brake's end of year reception in the Houses of Parliament on 19 December.

Bootsafe is a heavy fabric holdall designed to restrain all loose items and Bootroll is a heavy duty sheet designed to restrain awkward shaped and bulkier items. They can contain luggage, tools or equipment to prevent them crashing through the seats of a car or van in the event of a crash.

Both products have passed crash tests conducted by the Transport Research Laboratory and Bootroll has been accredited by Motability as a wheelchair restraint.

Bootsafe and Bootroll are used by police forces, health trusts and ministry of defence police and more than 50 companies including RNIB. Alan Miles, administration manager, RNIB, fits Bootsafe and Bootroll to his fleet of 230 cars and vans. He says: "Bootsafe and Bootroll provide the necessary protection for our drivers, which is of paramount importance".

Peter Knights, communications manager, Lex Vehicle Leasing, says: "It is amazing that so many serious injuries are caused by loose objects in cars and the Bootsafe and Bootroll products are an ideal way to keep these objects secure. We hope that the Fleet Safety Forum Awards for Excellence will raise awareness surrounding this serious issue and Lex will certainly be incorporating this in its future material on safety."

For media enquiries contact: Natalie Cossins, Fleet Safety Forum, Tel: 01484 559909, fax: 01484 559983 or e-mail brake@brake.org.uk; RVSS Ltd, Tel: 01332 673331, email: bootsafe@bootsafe.com, website: www.bootsafe.com , Peter Knights, communications manager, Lex Vehicle Leasing, Tel: 01628 896 741

1. Brake's annual awards, in their first year, aim to reward well-researched activities that effectively help extensive communities, or targeted individuals, to stop road crashes. They aim to complement and expand other award schemes such as the Prince Michael of Kent, Fleet News and Motor Transport awards.
2. Brake is a national not-for-profit road safety organisation. Brake exists to stop the 3,400 deaths and 41,000 serious injuries that occur on Britain's roads every year and to care for people traumatised by road crashes. Brake produces educational road safety literature and runs events including Road Safety Week. The Fleet Safety Forum, a division of Brake is a membership scheme for fleet professionals. Members of the Fleet Safety Forum receive monthly mailings to help them achieve fleet safety best practice. Mailings include Fleet Safety Forum News, information sheets on specific fleet safety issues, invitations to conferences at a reduced delegate rate and fleet safety resources produced by the Government and other organisations.
Brake is funded by corporate partners; Aon, Avis Rent A Car Ltd, BG Transco plc, Bibby Distribution Ltd, Boalloy Industries Ltd, Christian Salvesen Industrial Division, City Truck Group, DON, Drive & Survive, DriveTech (UK) Ltd, Dunlop Tyres Ltd, Eddie Stobart Ltd, Exel Logistics - Europe, Federal-Mogul Aftermarket UK Ltd, Green Flag motoring assistance, Hays Logistics UK, The Instructor College Ltd, Jaguar Cars Ltd, KeyMed Ltd, Leaseway, The Leasing Group, Lyons Davidson Solicitors, Mercedes-Benz, Moto Hospitality, P&O Trans European, Renault UK Ltd, Sainsbury's, TNT UK Ltd, Transport Development Group, Volvo Truck and Bus Ltd, Wincanton Logistics.