Jayson Stocking Named Regional Sales Manager at Merchants
Merchants Fleet continues to add industry expertise to its rapidly growing sales team.
The company recently hired Jayson Stocking as a Regional Sales Manager for its West Region. Stocking is responsible for new client acquisition.
Merchants has made a push to hire the brightest talent in the fleet leasing industry as part of its FleetiQ initiative, and Stocking is the latest hire in that effort. To date, the company has hired 62 people from within the fleet industry.
AFLA Canada Fleet Summit: February 12 & 13 in Toronto
The first-ever AFLA Canada fleet summit is right around the corner, and interest in the event and registrations are both exceeding expectations - by far!
How to Get the Best Return on Your Next Trade Show
We know that many of our readers provide products and services to the fleet community and some of you have years of experience delivering effective marketing. As the fleet industry transforms, producing an array of exciting, cutting-edge offerings, we also meet marketing professionals new to our industry seeking advice about this market.
We often encourage those folks to browse FMW’s Thought Leadership archives and if marketing to fleets is their beat, there is no better source than Ed Pierce’s Fleet Marketing columns. Most of us are now knee-deep in planning for 2020's fleet conferences, so particularly timely for fleet exhibitors is Pierce’s update of one of his most viewed columns: Think Sales in Order to Get the Best Return on Your Next Trade Show.
Congratulations to eDriving on being recognized at the Great British Fleet Event last week in London with their Innovation in Risk Management Award! It is serendipitous that this week Jim Noble, eDriving’s VP of Risk Engineering, writes Fleet Safety & Fleet Risk Management. They’re Two Sides of the Same Coin.
Enjoy the issue and please check in with FleetManagementWeekly.com for daily updates!
Drive Safety!
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
Trump Cars Rollback is a Dangerous Mess
NRDC Expert Blog: Luke Tonachel, Director for Clean Vehicles and Fuels, Natural Resources Defense Council
When the Trump administration proposed its ridiculous rollback of clean car standards in 2018, it pretended that the increased costs for drivers at the pump, the loss of jobs and devastating pollution impacts were worth it because of some safety benefits.
It was clear from day one that analysis was done in bad faith and just plain wrong. Now, as it moves to finalize that regulation, the administration is bowing to reality. In a strange plot twist, the administration is now acknowledging that its reworked rule (one that some continue to pretend is “dialed back”) won’t save lives, will increase costs for drivers at the pump and may lead to even more carbon pollution than its original plan.
But, in its unstoppable ineptitude, the administration is still working on issuing the rule.
Read the NRDC blog
Pedestrians, Vehicles and Shopping Carts — Oh My! Avoiding Parking Lot Perils
The unique hazards that parking lots create for drivers can be avoided if the appropriate safety measures are taken. By maintaining awareness, avoiding congested spots, and using safe parking techniques, drivers can safely navigate parking lots, avoid collisions and prevent damage to their vehicles.
By Art Liggio, President and CEO, Driving Dynamics
Driving in parking lots may seem non-threatening with low speed limits and neatly organized rows and spaces, but according to the National Safety Council, tens of thousands of crashes occur in lots and garage structures annually. And, further analysis of data indicates that 9 percent of pedestrian deaths in parking lots result from backing incidents. (National Safety Council, 2016)
While new vehicle advancements such as rear cross-traffic warning systems and rear-view cameras may lessen these risks by alerting drivers of potential hazards, drivers can’t solely rely on technology to prevent collisions. Drivers must always take responsibility to remain attentive and employ safe driving skills while driving through lots and parking and backing their vehicles in these environments.
