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At some point every driver will experience moments of tunnel vision — a sort of mental "checking out" that means they are no longer fully focused on the task at hand. In those moments, a driver may not see debris in the road or even an oncoming car.
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Distracted driving remains one of the most persistent risks in fleet operations. New approaches focus on removing mobile device use entirely while adding real-time safety support.
Read More →DETROIT – Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) and OnStar partnered to conduct a study that found voice-based telematics systems are a safer form of in-vehicle navigation.
Read More →WASHINGTON -- The NETS 2012 benchmark study involves 521,000 vehicles and 9.8 billion miles of travel in an effort to uncover fleet safety best practices.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The National Safety Council estimates that at least 28 percent of all traffic crashes -- or at least 1.6 million crashes each year -- are caused by drivers using cell phones and texting.
Read More →BOSTON --- After a trolley driver admitted to police that he was texting his girlfriend just before a May 8 collision, the head of the Boston area transit authority vowed to ban all train and bus operators from even carrying cell phones on board.
Read More →Virginia drivers were 57% more likely to manipulate a cellphone in 2018 than they were when IIHS conducted the same study in 2014, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found in an observational survey.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended banning the use of mobile phones by commercial drivers except in emergencies following a crash where 11 people were killed.
Read More →The Louisiana House has passed a bill prohibiting drivers from using handheld cell phones. The bill is now headed to the state Senate.
Read More →According to 2012 statistics from fleet safety company Fleet Response, drivers aged 26-35 and 46-54 are neck and neck (24.4 percent versus 24.1 percent) when it comes to the percentage of those involved in accidents.
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