Automotive Fleet News

CERRITOS, CA - Matt Betz, VP of national account sales for AmeriFleet Transportation, will provide attendees with information for making informed decisions regarding risky driving behaviors at the NAFA Pacific Southwest (PSW) Chapter meeting on March 16.

Tags: AmeriFleet, NAFA, Safety

This week's tip of the week, culled from the Idaho Driver's Manual, offers some advice for backing a vehicle.

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TALLAHASSEE, FL --- Under a new Florida law that went into effect Jan. 1, drivers found to be at fault in three crashes within a 36-month period will be required to successfully complete a state-approved driver improvement course that includes behind-the-wheel training and an assessment of their driving ability.

Tags: FL Dept. of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Safety

Here are some headlight safety tips, culled from the Minnesota Driver's Manual. You may want to pass along this advice to your fleet drivers as a reminder.

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DEARBORN, MI --- Ford Motor Co. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are embarking on a plan to study driver workload and identify new opportunities to use in-vehicle technologies to improve driver safety by lowering stress.

Tags: driver stress, Ford , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Safety

For safety's sake, it's important to assemble winter survival kits to keep in all fleet vehicles, especially those driven in snow conditions. Here are some recommendations from the Minnesota Driver's Manual.

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This week's safety tip, culled from the Minnesota Driver's Manual, addresses how drivers should respond when encountering emergency vehicles on the highway.

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These tips, provided by the California Driver Handbook, offer advice on what to do in the event of sudden vehicle trouble. You may want to pass this list along to your fleet drivers as a reminder.

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This week's safety tip comes from the manual "What Every Driver Must Know," published by the state of Michigan.

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TREVOSE, PA - The CEI Group, Inc. has announced the rollout of a new DriverCare Web-Based Training lesson that teaches heavy-duty truck drivers techniques for coping safely with the hazards of winter driving.

Tags: CEI Group, Safety, training course, winter driving

SALT LAKE CITY - inthinc Technology Solutions offers a comprehensive system that changes driving behavior in real time to improve safety and fleet efficiency.

Tags: driver safety, inthinc Technology Solutions, Safety

PLANO, TEXAS - PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America has seen a 70-percent decline in collisions since 1999 through the Million Milers program and its extensive safety efforts.

Tags: accident reductions, Frito-Lay, PepsiCo, Safety

RED BLUFF, CA - The Walmart Foundation made a financial contribution to local schools for every accident-free mile its private fleet truck drivers drove during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.

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GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN - Volvo is conducting extremely wide-ranging and thorough analysis of a variety of safety scenarios for cars with electric power.

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A study by the FMCSA discovered the use of SmartDrive Measured Safety Program is highly effective in reducing key distractions such as hand-held mobile phone use. Additionally, the program includes an action plan for fleets.

Tags: distraction, driving tips, Safety, SmartDrive Measured Safety Program, SmartDrive Systems

DEARBORN, MI – In such a situation that an occupant cannot respond, SYNC speaks to the 911 service and alerts an operator that a crash has occurred.

Tags: 911 Assist, accident, emergency, Ford , Ford SYNC, Safety

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Idaho and Wisconsin drivers ranked highest as most knowledgeable about basic road rules in the 2009 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test, while New York drivers scored lowest.

Tags: driving behavior, GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test, Idaho, New York, safe drivers, Safety, survey, Wisconsin

CINCINNATI – FirstGroup joins a distinguished list of past Green Cross Medal recipients, including Delta Airlines (2008 recipient), UPS, Intel, Liberty Mutual Group, and other safety leaders in their respective industries.

Tags: 2009 Green Cross for Safety Medal, FirstGroup, NSC, Safety

EL SEGUNDO, CA - Swedish automaker Volvo remains the worldwide leader in deployment of vehicle safety systems in the United States for the 2009 model-year, with an average of five per car.

Tags: Audi, BMW 7 Series , Cadillac, Infiniti, iSuppli Corp. , S80, Safety, V70, Volvo, XC60, XC70

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Dennis Shirar of Indianapolis has logged more than 3 million accident-free miles driving tractor trailers over the past 31 years.

Tags: accident-free miles, Heritage Transport, LLC, Safety, TRALA, Truck Renting and Leasing Association

ANN ARBOR, MI – Over the company's 25-year history, more than 1,280 Con-way Freight driver sales representatives have reached the 1-million-mile safe driving milestone, while more than 90 have driven 2 million miles accident-free.

Tags: Con-way Freight, Recognition, Safety, truck driver

COLUMBUS, GA – Truck driver Eric Carter of Columbus has been honored by FedEx Ground for achieving 10 years of safe driving without a preventable accident, according to The Ledger-Enquirer.

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GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN – Saving a life can be so simple: grab, stretch, click! The three-point belt is and will remain the car’s most vital safety detail.

Tags: executive fleet, Safety, seatbelt, Volvo

GLENVIEW, IL – Offering the ability to communicate important details in a timely manner, canned messages provide time-stamped documentation that managers can later access in reports by driver or fleet.

Tags: canned messaging, efficiency, Navman Wireless North America, OnlineAVL2, Safety

ATLANTA – UPS has inducted 715 elite drivers into its "Circle of Honor," pushing its total number of active drivers who have steered clear of accidents for 25 years or more to 4,648.

Tags: Circle of Honor, Safety, UPS