NAFA Fleet Management Association (NAFA) has accepted an invitation from the National Property Management Association (NPMA) to speak to hundreds of asset management executives at NPMA’s 2017 National Education Seminar (NES) in Phoenix later this month.
Recognizing NAFA’s best-in-class, standard-setting education and training, NPMA has scheduled NAFA to teach its conference attendees about fleet supplier relations, current challenges in the fleet sector, and creating sustainable fleet options.
Part three of a four-part series on negligent entrustment: Invest in new technologies to avert liability exposure.
By Kevin Reilly, Editorial Communications Manager, The CEI Group, Inc.
Part one of my negligent entrustment series summarized the main grounds for a fleet-related negligent entrustment case. Part two addressed how a fleet manager could build a transparent, fair, and enforceable safety policy to help safeguard the fleet from exposure to this form of liability. Part three walks through technologies unrelated to the vehicle. I will outline the importance of investing in these newer technologies to ward off liability exposure.
One More Second is composed of 2.5 hours of key training across 8 modules — teaching drivers how be safe and stay safe on the road.
Last month, attackers using a vehicle and knives killed eight people and wounded dozens more on London Bridge.
A few weeks later in an incident nearby, a man drove into people leaving mosques after Ramadan services, killing one and injuring 10.
And in May, a man driving in New York's Times Square plowed into a crowd during lunchtime, killing one person and injuring 22. While authorities said the incident was not terrorism, the Islamic State, inspired by the crash, used it to warn that more attacks on the nation's largest city and popular tourist destinations would follow.
This year’s AFLA conference is at the M Resort in Las Vegas, and offers a fantastic lineup of topics and speakers, plus plenty of time built in for networking. Don’t miss it!