A Sign of More Dangerous Roads? Speeding Ticket Issuance Has Declined, Study Finds
A nationwide study sponsored by a New York Honda dealership found a 6.5% decrease in police-written speeding tickets over the seven year period from 2011 through 2017. The study was based on the latest data available from 48 states.
“[M]ost states…have been issuing fewer tickets in recent years, with some states issuing significantly fewer tickets over the time period we looked at…[O]n average, states [issued] 6.5% fewer tickets from 2011 to 2017, which represents an average of more than 32,000 fewer tickets issued by every state over that time.
“Beyond the national drop, we found a number of states experiencing major shifts towards issuing fewer tickets. Four different states issued 40% fewer tickets from 2011 to 2017, with Texas and Illinois both seeing drops greater than 50%, at 54.10% and 50.54%, respectively.”
As far as Fleet Management Weekly sees it: if the numbers are accurate, either fewer people are speeding, or police enforcement has become more lax and our roads are more dangerous. We think it’s the latter.
Read the full story at Yonkers Honda’ website
Mary Sticha, CAFM®, Receives NAFA’s Honorary Lifetime Membership Award
NAFA’s Honorary Membership recognizes outstanding service to NAFA, the fleet administration profession, the automotive industry, a community, state, or nation.
No one could argue that Mary Sticha, CAFM, is a perfect example of this.
"Honorary Membership is awarded to an individual at the end of their fleet career and allows them the ability to stay connected to NAFA," said NAFA President Patti Earley, CAFM, noting that Sticha was about to retire from Element Fleet Management.
A Call to Action: Time for Marketing to Become Agile
By Ed Pierce, Fleet Industry Marketer
Although “Agile” has been a tsunami in IT project management circles for many years, its value as a strategic business tool has led to enterprise-wide adoption.
In a world of fast-changing markets, Agile allows companies to keep focused on strategic goals while allowing teams to adapt their approaches rapidly as conditions change.
Consider that an Agile two-to-four week project “sprint” contrasts sharply with timescales of traditional project management that stretch into months and even years! On the basis of speed alone, Agile seems to be the perfect approach for managing marketing projects that usually have a small window of opportunity to achieve the best results.
Mentor by eDriving – Winner of Silver Stevie® Award in 2019 American Business Awards®
eDrivingSM has been named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Governance, Risk & Compliance Solution category in the 17th Annual American Business Awards®.
Powered by the FICO® Safe Driving Score, Mentor empowers “good” drivers to prove their low-risk profile, and “high-risk” drivers to understand their risk exposures, how those factors affect their safety and what they can do to manage, control and mitigate their risk of crashes, thereby improving their driving and ultimately ensuring their safe return to their loved ones at the end of each day.
Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Tuesday, June 11. Tickets are now on sale.
Read the entire press release.
Insurers Know Exactly How Often Drivers Touch Their Phones
Millions of Americans can’t stop themselves from talking, texting and livestreaming while driving, according to the distracted driving report by Zendrive
Safety regulators, insurance companies and technologists have turned to an incremental fix for distraction: monitoring the driver, not the vehicle.
Underwriters who are best able to identify distracted-driving tendencies are better able to price the accompanying risk. Most insurers insurance companies still only offer discounts for good cell-phone behavior, but a growing number are using the findings to raise rates on serial tap-and-swipers.
Read the article at The Detroit News.
