Safety & Accident

Fleet Elite status is awarded to GreenRoad drivers who maintain a GreenRoad Safety Score of five or less for the full 2012 calendar year, and log more than 500 GreenRoad driving hours.

Tags: driver safety, GreenRoad, GreenRoad Fleet Elite, Modern Transportation, driver behavior

Out of 147,076 respondents in the study, 4.2% reported having fallen asleep while at the wheel during the previous 30 days.

Tags: driver behavior, drowsy driving, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Nextraq has partnered with Cellcontrol, a distracted driving technology company, which uses a Bluetooth Trigger Unit coupled with a mobile app that can block or restrict calls, emails, texting and web browsing.

Tags: driver behavior, cell phone use, Distracted driving, NexTraq, Cellcontrol, driving while texting, mobile app, Nextraq DriveGuard

Aegis will offer ZoomSafer’s FleetSafer Mobile and FleetSafer Vision products in addition to the company's Drive Assist software solution. The combined companies will now be called DriveSafer.

Tags: driver safety, driver behavior, ZoomSafer, Distracted driving, PHH Arval, Aegis Mobility, DriveSafer

This study, which identifies the role of unconscious thought processes in texting and driving, found that texting while driving is predicted by a person's level of habit — more so than how much someone texts.

Tags: Texting, driver behavior, Distracted driving, University of Michigan, driving while texting

DriverCare Risk Manager has proven to help fleets reduce their accident rates by 20-30%, according to CEI.

Tags: risk management, accident prevention, driver behavior, DriverCare

The company said the Coca Cola driver, Araceli Venessa Cabral, was driving a car, not a truck, and worked in a sales role, rather than as a delivery driver, as originally reported by law firm Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys. The driver was also using a hands-free device, Coca Cola said, which is consistent with, and exceeds, Texas state law requirements.

Tags: driver behavior, hands-free, cell phone use, Lawsuits, safety policies, Distracted driving

Coca Cola released a statement after the trial, according to MSNBC, that said its cell phone policy is ‘completely consistent with, and in fact, exceeds the requirements of Texas law,’ and that the company disagrees with the jury’s verdict and plans to appeal.

Tags: driver behavior, cell phone use, Lawsuits, safety policies, Distracted driving

In addition, the survey by PHH Arval also found that 35% of respondents are investing in factory-equipped safety options, such as backup cameras, forward collision warning and lane departure warning.

Tags: driver behavior, accident management, PHH Arval, replacement policy, personal use policy

Using AlertDriving's web-based training format, the CSA Training Program allows for companies to deploy a consistent training regime to their entire fleet, as well as dispense violation-specific training modules immediately upon discovery of an infraction.

Tags: FMCSA, driver behavior, Driver Training, CSA, AlertDriving

BLOOMINGTON, IL – State Farm Insurance released the results of a recent online survey of 900 motorists, which shows that drivers are accessing various types of mobile web services at higher rates.

Tags: driver behavior, Distracted driving, mobile web services

Particularly, the UK study shows a significant difference in driving behaviors between males and females.

Tags: driver safety, driver behavior

SALT LAKE CITY - The Web-based reporting system provides commercial fleets with a way to increase driver safety and monitor organizational compliance by monitoring risky or inefficient driving behavior.

Tags: driver safety, driver behavior, inthinc Portal