strong>Red Hawk Fire & Security saw a 68 percent drop in the number of accidents year-over-year and saved $1 million in liability costs by leveraging their fleet data and implementing a proactive driver safety training program.
Together with ARI's Director of Driver Excellence Rich Radi, they will be sharing the steps they took to achieve this successful result at the upcoming 2017 Fleet Safety Conference. The session, "Making Your Fleet Safety Data Work for You," will feature Blair Schober, U.S. fleet manager for Red Hawk and Radi, and will be held on July 25 at 11:15 a.m. in the Nirvana A meeting room.
This ELD compliance and hours-of-service solution from Samsung and Magellan is also geared to enhance driver experience, and to encourage recruiting and retention.
Nearly 150 supply chain experts attended the fleet-centric session presented by NAFA's Director of Professional Development, Katherine Vigneau, CAFMA.
Using a hands-on exercise directly from NAFA's best-in-class fleet management tools, Vigneau taught the audience how to apply a lifecycle approach to their fleet and calculate the optimal replacement point for a given vehicle
"Your fleet is not just another commodity that can be managed like any other widget," Vigneau said. "Applying a lifecycle approach to fleet management requires specialty knowledge and experience that is not gained simply because you own your own vehicle. You need a fleet management expert on your staff to make sure this is done consistently and done correctly."
We are living in an age of incredible dynamism in both the public and private sectors of the fleet industry.
Road rage gun violence? In Fleet Spectator, Mark Boada describes a recent road rage incident in the Philadelphia area that ended in tragedy. It wasn’t an anomaly; he cites a study that found that cases of road rage involving firearms more than doubled over the last three years. And he gives us some reasons why this violent behavior is on the upswing.
Do you think you’re an above average driver? Driving Dynamics’ instructors ask that question of their trainees and typically the vast majority say yes. But are they really? In Safety & Risk, Art Liggio offers his unique perspective on driving performance and how fleet drivers can become above average, even great drivers.
Finally, we love this editorial in today’s New York Times: A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet.
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Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief