Plan B, C, and D: How Top Fleets Win with Flexible Vehicle Specs
Photo: Tim Mundahl, Merchants Fleet
By Fleet Management Weekly Staff
To get a better idea about how fleets can benefit from being flexible on vehicles and specifications, we had a most enlightening Q&A session with industry pro Tim Mundahl, Director, Fleet Consulting with Merchants Fleet.
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Trust and Knowledge
Remarketing work trucks and equipment calls for considerable expertise; they truly are in a class of their own. In Work Fleet Remarketing: Trust. Knowledge. The FLD Way!, FLD executive Rich Mallek gives us insight into how this respected firm manages these unique transactions. We like this clue to their success: “Besides being work fleet experts,” Mallek says, “we strive to be good people first. And to build genuine relationships with our customers that last years.”
Fleet marketing expert Ed Pierce offers us sage counsel in his latest column: Why ‘Stories’ Win in Fleet Supplier Marketing. Ed says, “If you haven’t made customer stories a top-three priority this quarter, you’re likely ceding the shortlist to suppliers who have.”
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
AAA: Nighttime Safety Improved with Pedestrian Detection Effective Rates Rising from 0% to 60%
image: AAA
AAA evaluated vehicles equipped with pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB) systems, building on findings from a study conducted in 2019. The findings reveal that nighttime PAEB impact avoidance improved from 0% in 2019 to 60% in 2025.
Road Rage Shootings Now Above 1 per Day
There’s a disturbing shift in road rage trends. Multiple aggressive and potentially deadly driving behaviors are skyrocketing. But incidents of yelling at another driver are plummeting. So how are drivers communicating their anger? It may be with deadly threats instead of words.
