ARI's North American Driver Safety Program now includes 44 modules — courses designed to correct a specific driving flaw, like hard braking.
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Sensors installed at three locations along Interstate 40 west of Flagstaff, Ariz., are helping the Arizona Department of Transportation detect and address icy road conditions before they are present.
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With new advancements in technology impacting price, fuel economy, and maintenance intervals, properly spec’ing engines and transmissions for your work trucks is more important than ever.
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A new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association offers recommendations to help state agencies get ready for the future impact of self-driving cars.
Read More →Some fleet managers have an adversarial relationship with drivers. These internal customers aren’t your nemesis. In order to develop a service mindset, you need to view work from the customers’ perspectives. Define your functions with the customer in mind. The fleet manager is responsible for creating a fleet culture that values all internal customers, even difficult ones.
Read More →There is a direct correlation between high driver morale and high driver productivity. The converse is also true. The hidden cost of low driver morale has a direct bearing on a company’s bottom line. While low morale is an HR/management issue, and even though fleet managers do not control driver salaries, there are actions that fleets can take to help increase driver morale.
Read More →The overwhelming majority of drivers want to do what’s right for the company; however, just because your company implements a written fleet policy doesn’t mean drivers are following it. A common problem is the fleet manager communicates policy to the drivers’ managers, but the word doesn’t get down to the individual drivers. How do you increase driver compliance with fleet policy? Here are 10 suggestions.
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Fleet drivers may be faced with an emergency at any given moment. For that reason, they need the necessary tools to get themselves out of a jam or to be able to lend a helping hand to other drivers.
Read More →Lytx, Inc. announced the winners of its 2015 "Driver of the Year" and "Coach of the Year" awards, which include a 58-year veteran driver, a master of harsh-weather driving, and a waste industry driver beloved by his customers.
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