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What Are the Most Common Risky Driver Behaviors?

When various agencies within the Department of Transportation (DOT) release their driver safety reports, they often pull their findings from accident statistics. Their intent is to inform fleet managers of the leading causes of accidents so they can gear their safety policies toward addressing the top risks. The most common risky driver behaviors reported include: [...]

By |2021-11-09T12:37:11-05:00September 3rd, 2018|Company Hotline, Driver Safety, Driver Training, How's My Driving|Comments Off on What Are the Most Common Risky Driver Behaviors?

I See a Commercial Vehicle with Equipment Problems. What Should I Do?

How's My Driving? Ever drive behind a commercial vehicle and notice that its brake lights are not working? Ever see a commercial vehicle with an unbalanced load? You want to tell someone about it, but how? Maybe you drive on, thinking that the driver’s fleet manager will eventually discover and fix the problem. [...]

By |2021-11-09T12:31:14-05:00September 8th, 2015|Company Hotline, Driver Monitoring, Driver Safety, Driver Training, How's My Driving|Comments Off on I See a Commercial Vehicle with Equipment Problems. What Should I Do?

How’s My Driving—Why Driver Monitoring Is Critical to Safety

        How's My Driving? Your worse nightmare? One of your fleet vehicles is involved in a collision that includes a fatality or a disabling injury.  One way to keep this nightmare from becoming a reality is to invest in vehicle risk-management solutions that include a How’s My Driving safety program. [...]

By |2021-11-09T12:31:14-05:00September 1st, 2015|Company Hotline, Driver Monitoring, Driver Safety, Driver Training|Comments Off on How’s My Driving—Why Driver Monitoring Is Critical to Safety

Top 10 Causes For Commercial Vehicle Collisions

A recent Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration study cited the top causes of large truck collisions in 967 crashes involving at least one truck. The study included 1,127 large trucks and 959 other types of motor vehicles. These crashes resulted in 251 deaths and 1,408 injuries. Let’s look at some of the most common causes [...]

By |2021-11-09T12:31:15-05:00August 10th, 2015|Company Hotline, Driver Monitoring, Driver Safety, Driver Training, Fleet Safety, Online Driver Education|Comments Off on Top 10 Causes For Commercial Vehicle Collisions

Contentious Trucking Bill Passes Allowing Twin 33 Foot Trailers – Safety Questions Emerge

The House passed a bill allowing the use of longer tandem trailers, which could be up to five feet longer than the prior 28-foot limit. Industry experts were divided on the issue, some citing significant improvements in economy and efficiency, with others emphasizing the potentially dramatic safety impact of these behemoth tandem trailers. Both the [...]

By |2021-11-09T12:31:16-05:00July 31st, 2015|Company Hotline, Driver Monitoring, Driver Safety, Driver Training, Fleet Safety, Online Driver Education|Comments Off on Contentious Trucking Bill Passes Allowing Twin 33 Foot Trailers – Safety Questions Emerge

FMCSA Declares Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

If you ever wondered if you should take the time to report unsafe truck driving behavior, consider the following report on a devastating crash involving nine-vehicles in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On July 21st, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) declared a Kentucky-licensed truck driver to be an imminent hazard to public [...]

By |2021-11-09T12:31:16-05:00July 29th, 2015|Company Hotline, Driver Monitoring, Driver Safety, Driver Training, Fleet Safety, Online Driver Education|Comments Off on FMCSA Declares Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

Reducing Workplace Fraud & Increasing Safety

Digital copies of movies are downloaded to portable drives and sold or distributed on the Internet before the movie opens in the theater. An employee sets up a bogus company from which expense requests arrive at his desk for approval. Inventory leaves the warehouse before it is scanned as received from the distributor. These are [...]

By |2021-11-09T12:31:17-05:00June 11th, 2015|Company Hotline|Comments Off on Reducing Workplace Fraud & Increasing Safety

Want to Reduce Risk? Consider an Employee Hotline.

The sooner a problem is discovered and addressed, the quicker it can be resolved. So what's the best way to identify employee concerns and issues? According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the answer is through information provided anonymously through an Employee Hotline. Hotlines provide managers with actionable information before the issues involved turn [...]

By |2021-11-09T12:31:18-05:00May 6th, 2015|Company Hotline, Driver Monitoring, Driver Safety|Comments Off on Want to Reduce Risk? Consider an Employee Hotline.

Should Businesses Offer Workers a Hotline?

The role of management, at its core, is being receptive to both positive and negative feedback, and using that feedback to improve the organization. Just as we all experience personal challenges in life, so too do employees have uncertainties and insecurities with regard to their jobs. If a business does not have a company safety [...]

By |2021-11-09T12:31:19-05:00March 25th, 2015|Company Hotline|Comments Off on Should Businesses Offer Workers a Hotline?