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Newsby StaffJuly 31, 2018

Fleet Safety Award Nominations Close Aug. 17

The award honors a fleet or risk manager whose leadership, innovation, and measurable results have enhanced the safety of fleet drivers and the general public.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2018

Delaware Leads Nation in Reckless Driving Enforcement

Delaware has earned the top spot as the strictest state for reckless driving in a recent national analysis. The nation's first state issues the highest number of penalties, and ranks eighth in enforcing speed limits. Virginia ranks at the top of the list for enforcing speeding.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2018

Toyota Avalon Captures IIHS Top Safety Award

Toyota's fifth-generation Avalon has earned a 2018 Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety when the full-size sedan is equipped with good-rated headlights, after acing five crash tests.

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NewsJuly 27, 2018

Video: How to Drive Defensively

About 90% of all traffic collisions are caused by driver error, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, and accidents often occur due to aggressive drivers. The best way to avoid an accident is to drive defensively.

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ArticlesCover Storyby Andy LundinJuly 27, 2018

Fleet Crashes Flat Year Over Year

Despite being flat, crashes are still a problem for fleets, and data reported for the 2017 calendar-year has identified some of the biggest obstacles.

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Articlesby Eric GandarillaJuly 26, 2018

How to Address Drug Use in a Fleet Policy

Drug use, and marijuana use in particular, has increased in recent years. So much so, that it has overtaken alcohol use as the leading cause of vehicle fatalities.

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Newsby StaffJuly 25, 2018

2018 Mazda 6 Named IIHS Top Safety Pick

The 2018 Mazda 6 midsize sedan, when equipped with optional curve-adaptive headlights, can now boast Top Safety Pick status after a solid performance in five crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS).

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NewsJuly 25, 2018

How to Manage Drowsy Fleet Drivers

A survey of close to 150,000 adults in 19 states and the District of Columbia found that nearly 4% of respondents reported they had fallen asleep while driving at least once in the previous 30 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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StatisticsJuly 25, 2018

2017 Safety Statistics

Statistics covering driver accident rates for 2012-2017. In this report, we cover accidents by age of drivers, cell-phone use, seat-belt use, time of day, top five accident descriptions, accidents by day of the week, and accidents by weather type.

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Newsby StaffJuly 24, 2018

Red-Light-Running Fatalities Increase 17% in Four Years

As red light camera programs in communities across the nation have declined, deaths in red-light-running crashes increased from 696 in 2012 to 811 in 2016 — representing a 17% increase according to an Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) analysis.

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