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July 17, 2022 – Insurify and QuoteWizard, online insurance shopping tools, regularly conduct studies on driver safety, and a few of their most recent surveys yielded interesting results.
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Vermont are among the states with the best drivers. Cities with the best drivers include Louisville, Ky., at No. 1, Hartford, Conn., at No. 2 and Little Rock, Ark., in third place. Most of the cities on the top 10 worst list are in California, with Baton Rouge, La., Jacksonville, Fla., and Salt Lake City, Utah, rounding it out.
Volvo is the brand with the safest drivers – just 5.81% have had an at-fault accident, a full 37% lower than the national average. In contrast, Ram truck drivers have the largest percentage of at-fault accidents, followed closely by Subaru. Volkswagen, Mazda and Hyundai.
via Autoblog
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July 14, 2022 – Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Thursday that he would not support funding for climate or clean energy programs, thus, along with the Republican Party, effectively torpedoing chances of addressing the climate emergency under this current government.
So, what in the heck is going on with Manchin? Is he worried, as his fellow West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) said, that the program is “designed to ultimately eliminate coal and natural gas from our electricity mix, and would be absolutely devastating for my state”?
via Electrek
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July 17, 2022 – Walk up to your car nowadays, and it recognizes your key fob and unlocks the door. It might also set the seat in your preferred position and wirelessly connect to your phone. But what about visibility?
The sun has been the enemy of travelers since the first person had to head westward in the afternoon. Sunglasses can auto-darken. Is the automotive industry comfortable with being out-teched by a $200 pair of Ray-Bans?
Several car companies use electrochromic tech in their glass roofs to adjust from clear to frosted. Couldn’t we do the same on the windows? There are rules about tinting, but what if the windshield could track the hot spot and just darken that? What if the whole window went dark while the car is parked to keep the interior cool?
via Car and Driver
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July 15, 2022 – 47 Hertz customers have filed a lawsuit against the rental company that describes horror stories after they were allegedly falsely reported as having stolen its rental cars, and in some cases even jailed.
The lawsuit alleges systematic flaws in Hertz’s reporting of thefts, including not recording rental extensions, falsely claiming customers haven’t paid, failing to track its own vehicle inventory and failing to correct false reports to police.
“We are reviewing and considering each claim brought against Hertz on its individual merits,” Hertz spokesman Jonathan Stern said. “We have begun extending settlement offers to dozens of claimants and will continue to do so on a case-by-case basis.”
via CNN
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Some employees, who have spent the last two years working almost entirely remotely, are wondering why they need to return to in-person work at all. Gas prices are high. Covid infections are on the rise (again).
Earlier this year, a survey from Pew found that among workers who have an office outside of their home, 61% said they are choosing not to go in to their workplace. Whether it’s a hybrid model or requiring employees to come in five days a week, employers need to show the value of asking workers to commute into the office again if workers have been successfully working from home for two years.
Offering back-up child or elder care to employees can help with the transition. Smaller perks like paying for podcast subscriptions to make the commute more enjoyable, free meals in the office, in-person learning sessions and social gatherings can also help entice workers to come back.
via CNN
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When applying for a job, there are many ways to optimize your resume. You can check the listing to see where the employer’s priorities lie in terms of experience, and make sure to highlight what’s most important to them.
One group of skills career experts say is crucial to include is your soft skills. Soft skills include a wide array of abilities: communication, customer service, scheduling, time management, project management, analytical thinking, ability to work independently and flexibility.
When it comes to flexibility, “people really have to be able to turn left, turn right on a dime, join the Zoom, be able to manage their own instant messages coming in,” says Kristin Kelley, chief marketing officer at CareerBuilder. There’s an element of ease with multitasking and being able to switch what you’re doing at a moment’s notice that has heightened since the pandemic and as so many people continue to work from home.
via CNBC
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Element Fleet Management has released its Trends by Element Fleet Q2 2022 Insights.
Focusing on such key issues as safety, supply chain, remarketing and rising fuel costs, the report offers a number of actionable recommendations designed to alleviate the many challenges of managing a vehicle fleet during this tumultuous era.
Supply chain challenges are affecting all industries and that’s no different for auto manufacturers, who predict this to continue well into 2023.
The used vehicle market remains hotter than ever. This trend will likely subside once new vehicle production kicks into higher gear, as predicted by the report for later this year. The situation is not without its upside for fleet managers.
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