Free Whitepaper: The Risk of Overlooking Driver Safety
Drivers are the largest source of liability risk for any business that operates a fleet of vehicles or has employees that drive on company time.
A focus on driver safety and safety culture can significantly reduce accident costs and liability risk. Before a true safety culture can be effective, driver and fleet managers must understand the level of risk an irresponsible driver poses to their organization.
Many businesses do not realize they have an important duty of care to ensure they put only safe drivers on the roads; failing to do so creates liability risk exposure for the organization.
Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ Comes Under Fire: ‘This is actively misleading people’
Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its “full self-driving” software to a small group of owners who will test it on public roads. But buried on its website is a disclaimer that the $8,000 system doesn't make the vehicles autonomous and drivers still have to supervise it.
The conflicting messages have experts in the field accusing Tesla of deceptive, irresponsible marketing that could make the roads more dangerous as the system is rolled out to as many as 1 million electric vehicle drivers by the end of the year.
“This is actively misleading people about the capabilities of the system, based on the information I've seen about it,” said Steven Shladover, a research engineer at the University of California, Berkeley, who has studied autonomous driving for 40 years. “It is a very limited functionality that still requires constant driver supervision.”
Read the article at AutoBlog
George Survant Joins GoGreen Communications
GoGreen Communications Press Release
GoGreen Communications Inc. a leader in idle reduction training (behavior modification), certification and branding of corporate fleets of vehicles is delighted to announce that George Survant has joined its ranks in an advisory and business development role.
Based in Gastonia, North Carolina, Survant is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable and experienced fleet management professionals. “We’re absolutely thrilled that George will be working with us to help fleet operators take advantage of the enormous cost reduction and greenhouse gas reduction opportunity that idle reduction behavior modification represents,” said Ron Zima, CEO of GoGreen.
WebAccess: Making Vehicle Condition Reports Better Since 1997
WebAccess has been making vehicle condition reports better for 23 years, and today’s reports offer more accurate information in real time than ever before - including more photographs and more data.
Leadership in a Virtual World
We will always remember those leaders that helped us navigate tough times
By Mike Pitcher, Author and Fleet Industry Leader
October 2020
As the CEO of LeasePlan USA, we were one of the hundreds of companies that launched visionary campaigns called “Vision 2020”. It is now obvious that we were all clueless on exactly what 2020 would bring. And yet, here we are.
Let me begin by stating my definition of leadership. In my opinion, it is very simple. Leadership is influence. If you are in a position to influence the thoughts, behaviors and / or attitudes of someone else, then you are in a leadership role. I do not believe that leadership is the private domain of corporate executives and politicians. I know for a fact that leadership is practiced everyday in schools, churches, non-profit organizations, and in our homes. The leadership role we hold in our family might be the most important of all.
In this challenging environment of political unrest, social injustice, economic uncertainty, and that other little issue (a global pandemic named COVID-19), how will you influence those that you lead?
