THE CAR AND TRUCK FLEET AND LEASING MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE
Instructional Technologies Inc. offers a ClearDrive online training course covering safe practices for consumer goods businesses as they remain on the front lines delivering essential products
AlbertIQ is a new proprietary analytics platform that monitors the mechanical health of fleet vehicles as well as when, where, and how long they are used and how safely they are driven
Ford Motor Company issued a recall for select 2016-2017 model-year Ford Transit Connect vehicles. In affected vehicles, the driver and/or front passenger seat belt pretensioners may not deploy in a crash event in which the front seat belt pretensioners are activated.
While the tried-and-true best practices of fleet safety are just as relevant as ever, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a whole new layer of challenge that fleets have had to address with regard to their safety programs.
Electric vehicle manufacturer BYD says it has created the world’s largest PPE face-mask plant, producing 50 million masks per day to help meet the demand for face masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
There was a 14% year-over-year jump in fatality rates per miles driven in March 2020, while the actual number of miles driven dropped 18.6% compared to the same time period last year.
Teletrac Navman recently released findings from a report on driving behaviors during the first month of the COVID-19 national shutdown.
The most risky behavior reported in 2019 were cellphone/device distractions, the consumption of food or beverages while driving, drivers not using seat belts, smoking, and moments of late response.
The first Ford-built powered air-purifying respirators, developed in close collaboration with 3M, are on their way to help protect health care workers fighting COVID-19.
Nauto has added a predictive collision alert module to its driver behavior learning platform that is designed to detect imminent collisions.
Traffic fatalities decreased by an estimated 1.2% last year compared to 2018.
Fleet video telematics provider Lytx shared new insights about changes in driving risk tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated guidelines to help control the spread of the virus.
After a decade of trucking companies complaining that the government unfairly counted crashes against their safety record that were not their fault, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration unveiled a permanent Crash Preventability Determination Program.
The solution from TRUCE Software, which is a mobile device management technology company, is designed to help fleets eliminate mobile distractions and optimize usage across their workplace.
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting not only end-user fleets, but all segments of the fleet ecosystem comprised of key supply chain partner companies.
The following charts include data that looks at the age of drivers involved in crashes; accidents by weather type; accident percentages by time of day; accidents by day of week; and the top five accident descriptions.
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