Commercial drivers are a key component of businesses that focus on transportation or delivery of physical goods. The safer your drivers, the better your reputation, and the lower your operating costs. Promoting a culture of safety in the workplace can help ensure that your drivers understand the behaviors necessary to reduce risk and improve safety [...]
Managing driver training requires attention to many details: Who needs what training, when, and before what deadline? How will the training be assigned to drivers, and how can it be easily tracked? Who needs to access training records, and how can the data be kept confidential while being easily accessible to managers authorized to see [...]
Keeping truck drivers, their passengers and the public safety is a primary consideration for trucking companies. One method used by many companies is to implement a safe driving incentive program. Drivers who have exemplary driving records and who meet or exceed preset criteria receive a reward. While it may seem attractive to simply offer a [...]
There are a number of steps commercial drivers can take to improve safety practices, and even more strategies available to transportation executives. Learning about new strategies for implementation and regulation of safety practices is critical to controlling costs and improving the quality of the work environment. Here are a few of our most popular blogs [...]
The answer is absolutely YES. Fleet safety is in fact more dependent upon your drivers than your vehicles. They spend thousands of hours on the road each year, and every minute brings new risks from road conditions to other drivers. A vehicle-monitoring program can be extremely cost effective and is easier to incorporate into the business than [...]
Trucking is one of the most challenging jobs in America today, given that thousands of accidents and collisions in the US each year are trucking related. So here are seven tips for trucking drivers: Keep a watch for blind spots Decrease your speed in work areas Keep your truck serviced and maintained Decrease driving speeds [...]
Most trucking companies have room for improvement in terms of maximizing profit. DriverCheck’s vehicle monitoring system enables transportation businesses to quickly and measurably improve operational profitability in the following ways: Efficiency Improvement - GPS systems will enable you to monitor how long your vehicles are being operated, and where they are stationed throughout the course of a [...]
Driver safety is a crucial component of any successful fleet operation. Specific and engaging training is important, as is promoting a culture of safety. But after all of your efforts at HQ, how do you know which drivers are shirking or struggling with their safety obligations on the road? If you don't know which drivers [...]
DriverCheck is happy to welcome G&K services to our list of clients, making America's roads safer through online training, safety awareness, and other driver improvement programs. G&K Services is a leading provider of branded uniform, linen and facility services programs in the US, and largest such company in Canada. G&K drivers travel coast to coast [...]
Most commercial vehicles in service are not the tractor-trailer trucks so prevalent on our expressways. They are vans, pickups, and straight trucks driven by technicians and employees who do not have the specialized training required of professional drivers. Many of these technicians and employees don’t consider driving as part of their job. Driving is simply [...]