Trucking and safety experts agree that distracted driving is one of the most risky behaviors for professional truck drivers. Distracted driving causes avoidable accidents, injuries, and deaths. Even people outside of the vehicles aren’t safe, as one out of every five deaths caused by distracted driving isn’t someone behind the wheel. They are pedestrians, cyclists,
Read More...The pandemic forced fleets to reconsider their existing safety practices as they encountered new and evolving challenges. For instance, drivers may opt to ride solo rather than as a duo. Even if drivers travel alone, they still have to perform enhanced sanitization for shared fleet vehicles. Here are several evolving issues affecting fleets: Safety training.
Read More...Driving while tired is extremely risky and kills thousands every year. Truck drivers can travel more than a football field if they nod off few even a few seconds. The accidents, injuries, and fatalities related to driver fatigue are preventable if fleets implement strong guidelines and safety measures against drowsy driving. Safety training can remind
Read More...With the holidays in full swing, fleets have several safety concerns to manage while their drivers are on the roads. Increased holiday traffic, extended service lives for commercial vehicles, and wintry weather conditions increase truck drivers’ risk until spring. Truck drivers need to take extra precautions to optimize safety during the winter months. Here are
Read More...Fleets place a lot of trust in their commercial drivers, but they still need to find ways to mitigate the inherent risks associated with putting drivers behind the wheel. Experience is a critical factor in driver safety, but fleets can’t afford to wait for new drivers to learn by trial and error. Inexperienced commercial drivers,
Read More...Distracted driving is a problem for all fleets. Trucking companies have to remain vigilant for risky drivers, conduct regular safety training, and ensure their managers have the tools they need to enforce distracted driving policies. Technology helps to curb the effects of distracted driving, but lane keeping and automatic emergency braking are Band-Aids to a
Read More...Staged accidents are one of many ways fraudsters try to scam fleets and their insurance companies. These individuals manipulate vehicles to ensure an accident happens and then file fraudulent insurance claims or lawsuits. Commercial vehicles are prime targets as they can produce a lucrative payout. Fraudsters running this kind of scam use a variety of
Read More...Many newer model trucks come equipped with certain driver assistance technology, such as lane departure warnings. The goal of these systems is to reduce accidents, injuries, and fatalities on the road. Given that human error causes many crashes, driver assistance technology helps address this issue. Lane departure warnings.
Read More...With so many options, it can be challenging to navigate all the available trucking apps. Overanalyzing or the app choices can cause truck drivers to forgo smartphone apps altogether. However, that cuts them off from a considerable amount of functionality, cost savings, and more. Above all, smartphone apps should make life easier while on the
Read More...The trucking industry experienced a notable decrease in maintenance costs during 2020. COVID forced many people to work from home and side-lined most fleets that didn’t qualify as essential in the early months of the pandemic. As COVID restrictions ease and the economy recovers, trucking companies need to be aware of the following maintenance trends:
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