In the rapidly evolving fleet management landscape, adopting safety technologies is a critical step towards ensuring driver safety. Despite the undeniable benefits, numerous challenges continue to impede their widespread adoption. The following are several reasons behind the hesitancy, even when fleet managers recognize that implementing the tech is essential to bolster fleet safety. Lack of
Read More...Asking a room full of people from various backgrounds and demographics who they think are the worst drivers by generation isn’t likely to yield a cohesive opinion. Younger generations often bemoan the perils of elderly drivers, while Baby Boomers may fear riding in the passenger seat with an inexperienced driver behind the wheel. Biases formed
Read More...The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the final data on car crash fatalities from 2015 and the numbers are not good. For the past five decades, traffic-related deaths have been on the decline. This past year saw a 7.2% increase in traffic fatalities compared to the previous year—the highest it’s been since 2008.
Read More...The results of a recent assessment – the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) ninth annual Operation Safe Driver Week – concluded that passenger car drivers are approximately three times as likely to speed as commercial drivers. These results stem from a statistical sample size of over 21,000 drivers were pulled over during the week in late
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