July 2012, Business Fleet - Cover Story
By Chris Brown
This HVAC company downsized its service vehicles from traditional cargo vans to the Scion xB — without a technician revolt.
Tags: Right-sizing, Spec'ing, downsizing, Scion, Scion xB, hvac
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By Mike Antich A growing number of fleets contend that Compliance, Safety & Accountability (CSA) program is in need of substantial improvement. Currently, a fleet’s score in the CSA safety monitoring system is based on all fleet-involved crashes, including those that the company’s driver did not cause and could not reasonably have prevented. This scoring criteria is contrary to accepted industry standards and, in the long run, will undermine the validity of the CSA program in the eyes of covered fleets.
By Mike Antich What is your primary responsibility? Is it managing the vehicle or managing the driver? Where do you think you will have the greatest opportunity to control costs and increase productivity?
By Mike Antich
By Chris Brown The issue highlights the need to balance business fairness and consumer protections with the need for competition and to allow new business models to succeed.
By Chris Brown More than 1,000 inspections per hour in North America are being conducted in a 72-hour period. Some small fleets may not know that the regulations covered in the inspections apply to them.
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