A few weeks ago, our blog focused on safety as it relates to the younger drivers in your fleet. Why? Because, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drivers 18 - 24 years old have the highest rate of injury crashes. How do you bring down injury rates among your younger drivers? [...]
Here’s a sampling of responses from viewers around the country. “I have always dreaded having to counsel drivers. This video shows me that it can be a positive experience.” “I never knew there was a ‘right way’ to change behavior. I asked all my fleet managers to watch it.” “The video not only tells how [...]
One effective way to increase fleet safety is to focus on your younger drivers. Why? Because statistically, young drivers are more likely to be involved in a motor vehicle fatality than their older associates. How much more likely? Let’s look at two groups of drivers. The first is made up of male drivers below age [...]
Telematics alerts and How’s My Driving reports provide driver supervisors with a variety of opportunities to counsel their at-risk drivers. So why do many fleets neglect to do it? Good question, since driver counseling has proven to be a best-practice for reducing collisions and increasing fleet safety. One answer is that most supervisors have not [...]
Ten vehicle manufacturers will add automatic emergency braking (AEB) as a standard feature on all new vehicles, according to the US Department of Transportation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The ten companies – Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, and [...]
If you’ve been driving a few years, you might have noticed that the highways are becoming more congested. In 1950, there were 15 vehicles in the United States for each mile of road (paved and unpaved). In 2013, that number had increased to 63, a rise of 320 percent. When you look at miles driven [...]
You may be familiar with the adage that says, “Freight at Rest is Freight at Risk.” Indeed it is. The FBI estimates cargo theft costs companies $30 billion yearly. At one time, warehouses were the prime targets, but today many thieves target trucks—even when they’re parked in secure carrier lots. For professional cargo thieves, it’s [...]
The promise of a future with autonomous trucks took another step forward as the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles cleared Daimler Trucks North America to operate the first licensed autonomous commercial truck on a public highway. Those in favor of autonomous vehicles claim their use will result in fewer collisions and improved fuel mileage. However, [...]
Rewards programs for company drivers can be effective; however, they fail in many organizations because of one fatal mistake: Many companies think that monetary rewards are the only way to motivate employees. Studies have found that employees aren’t motivated by financial incentives alone. Therefore, if you want to create a safety-based rewards program, you need [...]
How's My Driving It’s more than halfway into 2015, and we’ve already seen some devastating collisions involving large commercial vehicles. Let’s review two of them in greater detail. On January 9, 2015, a snow storm with whiteout conditions in Battlecreek, Michigan, led to several pileups on both the east and westbound lanes of [...]