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Top Fleet Safety Articles of 2020
This year was the most challenging year in the history of the industry, with safety remaining a perennial obstacle for fleet managers.
This year was the most challenging year in the history of the industry, with safety remaining a perennial obstacle for fleet managers.
Subaru is recalling certain 2020 Legacy and Outback vehicles equipped with "high" grade and "mid" grade multimedia navigation, which might have an error causing the rearview display to shutoff intermittently
NHTSA proposed a rule to expand mobility for people with disabilities that would allow two new modifications for adaptive equipment
Redesigned for the 2021 model year, the Toyota Sienna earns good ratings in both the driver-side and passenger-side small overlap front tests.
This law prohibits drivers from using a cellphone or a stand-alone electronic device while driving unless it is being used in a hands-free mode. This includes, but is not limited to, cellphones, tablets, music and gaming devices.
This safety recall is for select E-Series vehicles for 7.3-liter engine cover thermal management in which mispositioned insulation may not fully extend to the vehicle’s perimeter.
The 2020 study looked at various subcategories such as age, land use, and roadway function class, as compared to 2019.
Sober driving will be critical in the coming weeks, as alcohol typically is involved in 37% of fatalities during the Christmas Day holiday period and 39% of fatalities during the New Year’s Day holiday period.
No fleet safety program is ever complete. Sara Sweeney, senior product manager at Wheels, suggests adding fleet connectivity technology to your safe driving kit and shares some of its common safety uses.
In vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention tests, the Ram 1500 avoided collisions at both 12 mph and 25 mph. In most of the vehicle-to-pedestrian tests, it avoided hitting the pedestrian dummy or slowed substantially to mitigate the force of impact.
The redesigned Sentra comes with a standard front crash prevention system that earns a superior rating in the Institute’s vehicle-to-vehicle evaluation and an advanced rating in the vehicle-to-pedestrian test.
Men engage in aggressive driving behaviors more than women, though these behaviors tend to skew toward younger generations.
GM is recalling approximately 38,048 model-year 2017-2018 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 truck due to seat belt torsion bar issues.
The 2021 Toyota C-HR earned a 2020 Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), and has a new standard front crash prevention system that earns superior ratings.
From preventing collisions to helping drivers do their jobs better, safety technology is working hard for fleet…and comes with unexpected benefits.