New Study Finds Consumers Think Connected Devices are ‘Creepy’
Two thirds of consumers (65 per cent) are concerned with the way connected devices such as smart meters and personal digital assistants collect data, a new study finds.
A similar proportion think connected devices are creepy in the way they collect data about people and their behaviors and more than half (55 per cent) do not trust their connected devices to protect their privacy.
More than half (53 per cent) also do not trust connected devices to handle their information responsibly.
Read the article at SmartCitiesWorld.
The Power of Community
One of the newest and most exciting tools NAFA Fleet Management Association is offering its members is its Communities website. Editor Mark Boada delved into it in his article: Communities: New Online Resources for Fleet Manager Problem Solving. He says, “If you’re not a NAFA member, consider joining the organization and then signing up for the community of your choice. You’ll be happy you did.”
Art Liggio reminds us that May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. In his monthly column, Art gives us timely tips on how to safely navigate the road with two-wheelers.
Don't miss NAFA's webinar this Wednesday, May 22, to learn how to reduce your fuel expenditures!
Better Angels
This coming Monday we commemorate Memorial Day, the first and most solemn of our long summer weekends.
“The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.“ ~Abraham Lincoln
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
Managers Must ‘Lead’, Not Just Manage, to Drive Down Risk
By Ed Dubens, CEO & Founder, eDriving
Leaders can help to put a stop to the increasing number of fatalities on the roads by “inspiring” employees driving for work purposes to change their attitudes, overwrite “at-risk” behaviors and evolve new safer habits.
For the last three years, approximately 40,000 people have died in road traffic collisions annually in the USA. Before 2016, the number of annual deaths had not reached 40,000 since 2007. We know that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of work-related deaths in the United States; and we know that some form of driver error is at the root of 94% of crashes (Source: NHTSA).
But who are the leaders that can help to reduce driver risk?
Study Finds Ride-Sharing Companies Biggest Contributors to Growing Traffic Congestion in San Francisco
Researchers have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco.
The researchers found that between 2010 and 2016, weekday vehicle hours of delay increased by 62% compared to 22% in a counterfactual 2016 scenario.
Read the article at Green Car Congress.
Using Telematics to Figure Out Where to Go Electric
Geotab uses telematics from gas- and diesel-powered vehicles to help fleets determine how and where they would be best served by going electric.
