Mazda held its first-ever Mazda Ice Academy during the first week of February to demonstrate its i-ACTIV all-wheel-drive system on three purpose-bulit ice driving tracks in Crested Butte, Colo. Read our driving notes here. Photos courtesy of Mazda.

The 2015 Fleet Safety Conference opened July 13 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel outside of Chicago, and continued July 14 with the opening keynote by Mike Watson, Shell's global road safety manager. Three executives from Wheels, Inc., discussed how to minimize hidden risks in a fleet safety program. Photos by Chris Wolski and Mark Campbell.

General Motors is adding an array of crash avoidance technologies to its 2015 Chevrolet models, including radar and ultrasonic sensors to rear-view cameras to help drivers avoid collisions. Photos courtesy of GM.

The third annual Fleet Safety Conference brought industry experts to Schaumburg, Ill., in late July to talk about how to build a safety culture from top to bottom. Photos by Chris Wolski.

The 2015 Ford F-150 has 10 driver assist features to entice customers to purchase the truck when it goes on sale later this year, according to Ford. View a video of the features. Photos courtesy of Ford.

The 2012 Fleet Safety Conference was held in Schaumburg, Ill., May 22 - 23. The event featured a mix of session topics, dealing with everything from using technology to improve fleet safety to coping with the serious injury or death of a driver. Fleet management professionals from a wide range of commercial fleets provided their expert opinions on panel discussions as did experts from industry associations and safety-focused organizations. The following gallery shows photos from the first day of the conference.

Approximately 40 attendees had an opportunity to get an overview of the Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) 2010 regulations and new cell phone regulations for commercial drivers at the NAFA Pacific Southwest (PSW) Chapter meeting on March 14 in Cerritos, Calif. Photos by Thi Dao & Grace Suizo.
