MANAGING 10-50 COMPANY VEHICLES
Seat-belt use in Colorado rose by 2.5% this year, moving from 84% in 2017 to 86% in 2018, according to a new survey by the Colorado Department of Transportation.
When the truck stops, safety doesn’t. Consider floor weight reinforcement, slip prevention, cargo management, and ramp safety strategies to avoid injuries and workers’ comp claims.
Commercial drivers tend to be more skilled than the average motorist. Even so, it's always good to encourage your fleet to keep their defensive driving tactics up to snuff.
With winter on the way, now is an ideal time to remind your drivers about best defensive driving practices.
Four out of 10 Americans overestimate the capabilities of semi-automated driving systems based on their names, which indicates a lack of understanding of the technologies and a possible safety risk, according to a new survey from AAA.
Vehicle users should consider deleting personal data from any and all vehicle infotainment systems before allowing anyone access to their vehicle.
A winter storm that threatens snow, ice, and rain along the way will carve a path form the Gulf of Mexico to southeastern Canada starting Wednesday night Nov. 14 and running through Friday Nov. 16, according to AccuWeather.
Thanksgiving was the second deadliest holiday on the roads in 2017, and this year some 433 people could lose their lives in traffic fatalities during the holiday period, according to the latest estimates from the National Safety Council.
With school back in full swing, now is a good time to remind fleet drivers of best practices for driving safely in school zones.
With school back in full swing, now is a good time to remind fleet drivers of best practices for driving safely in school zones.
General Motors vehicles equipped with automatic braking and forward collision warning saw 43% fewer police-reported front-to-rear crashes when compared to similar vehicles that aren't equipped with front crash prevention technology, according to a new IIHS study.
Fleet managers should remind drivers about how to drive safely in dense fog. Fog can come on suddenly — and it can reduce a driver's visibility to one-quarter of a mile or less.
Fog can come on suddenly — and it can reduce a driver’s visibility to one-quarter of a mile or less.
The 2019 Ram 1500 crew cab fell short of earning a Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) because its headlights earn a marginal rating, but the institute recognized the redesigned large pickup for its safety improvements.
Michigan became the first Midwest state and the tenth in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use during Nov. 6 voting.
The 2017 Fleet Safety Conference opened Tuesday with a keynote from the National Safety Council's Deborah Hersman, who also spoke on Monday at an NTSB-NSC roundtable about advanced driver assistance systems. Safety awards were given at a luncheon. The second day of the conference featured a session from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - TSA regarding security threats against transportation fleets. The conference closed with a presentation from Shell's Karen Spring about the company's mission to eliminate fleet fatalities. Read more here. Photos by Andy Lundin and Jim Park.
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