Instead of just looking retrospectively at data, it is now possible to build models that tell us what is going to happen using predictive analytics.
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New technology aimed to make 18-wheelers safer — using radar, cameras and reflective light scanning — is sweeping the industry.
The pairing of tractor-trailers at a distance of 30 to 50 feet is called platooning – it's safe and saves money.
"One reason this matters to people who don’t drive tractor-trailers is found in the annual crash-death numbers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Of the 4,317 people who died in crashes involving large trucks last year, 72 percent of them weren’t in trucks, but rather passenger cars. An additional 11 percent were pedestrians, bicyclists, roadway workers or police officers standing beside the highway, according to statistics released this month."
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In the latest Kontos Kommentary, Tom Kontos, Chief Economist at KAR Auction Services, provides his insight and updates regarding used vehicle market conditions. To read the entire Kontos Kommentary for September 2017, visit https://www.adesa.com/kontos-kommentary
One of the questions multinational fleet professionals are considering is what to do now about diesel cars. In Globally Speaking, Mark Boada’s article Should Europe’s Fleet Ditch Diesel? articulates some powerful reasons for abandoning the vehicles. But, not so fast, Mark says, “…the reports of the death of diesel may be greatly exaggerated.”
We were in Philadelphia recently for the NAFA Associates meeting and ran into Kate Vigneau, CAFM, NAFA’s director of professional development, and met Lauren Weil, NAFA’s new education manager. NAFA offers a wealth of educational resources and we were happy to note that a number of the popular educational guides, available for purchase online, are now available in print as well as digital. Check out NAFA’s new website – it’s a stunner!
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Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief