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BATON ROUGE, LA - Cellcontrol, a developer of distracted driving solutions, announced last week that it found through a year-long internal market analysis that only 5% of Fortune 500 firms are enforcing corporate policies regarding their drivers’ use of cell phones by using one of the top five distracted driving technology vendors.
Read More →CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – A jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, has awarded $21 million to Vanice Chatman-Wilson, 37, who was struck by a Coca Cola truck driver, Araceli Venessa Cabral, while she was talking on a cell phone at the time of the accident.
Read More →HERNDON, VA – The number of commercial fleet operators that have adopted written policies pertaining to employee use of cell phones while driving on the job has increased 29% in the past year – from 62% to 80% – according to ZoomSafer’s second annual survey of more than 900 transportation and fleet professionals.
Read More →ITASCA, IL - The National Safety Council (NSC) released a new free white paper called “Employer Liability and the Case for Comprehensive Cell Phone Policies,” which cites examples of the cost to employers of on-the-job crashes caused by distracted driving.
Read More →CHARLESTON, WV – West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin on April 3 signed into law a bill that prohibits text messaging and handheld cell phone use while driving.
Read More →BOISE, ID – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on April 5 signed into law a bill that bans texting while driving. The new law takes effect July 1.
Read More →TORRANCE, CA – John Ulczycki, vice president of strategic initiatives for the National Safety Council, will be providing real-life, proven strategies to help fleets defend themselves from distracted driving next month at the first-ever Fleet Safety Conference in Schaumburg, Ill.
Read More →RESTON, VA - ZoomSafer and Geotab announced today that ZoomSafer’s FleetSafer Mobile software is now compatible with Geotab’s GO4 and GO5 GPS vehicle tracking solutions.
Read More →Automotive Fleet spoke with fleet management company PHH Arval’s Senior Vice President Strategic Alliances, Steve DiBiagio, about the efforts fleets are currently making to combat distracted driving.
Read More →WASHINGTON – NHTSA and the DOT proposed new guidelines designed to encourage automakers to limit the risk of driver distraction when using communications, navigation, and entertainment technologies built into vehicles.
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