Continuous MVR Monitoring Protects You Against Negligent Entrustment
Drivers with suspended licenses can be a huge liability for your company or organization. Luckily, continuous MVR monitoring can protect you against negligent entrustment lawsuits.
The Launch of NAFA Communities
NAFA just announced a Communities program that will be an online tool for members to access segment-specific programs and content, accelerate their networking among like-minded peers — and give them a voice in NAFA.
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By Janice Sutton, Editor in Chief
Members of the NAFA Fleet Management Association know how much it has helped support their careers in so many ways: through its annual Institute & Exposition, webinars, educational programs, publications, and networking opportunities.
But do you know that behind NAFA stands the NAFA Foundation, a non-profit organization that does even more?
Since its beginnings in 1976, the Foundation has expanded its role from working with institutions of higher learning to publishing case studies relating to vehicle fleet management, offering scholarships, funding computer-based tools for making fleet management decisions, and conducting industry benchmarking studies. More recently, the Foundation has funded two white papers and, this year hosted “Mobility Day” at the Institute & Expo.
Understanding the Connection of Underlying Driver Behaviors as the Root Cause of Distracted Driving
By Art Liggio, President and CEO, Driving Dynamics
According to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Summary of Statistical Findings (DOT HS 812 381), every day crashes that involve a distracted driver kill nine plus people and injures more than 1,000.
With April being National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, it is the perfect opportunity to have a conversation with your drivers about the types of distracted driving and how best to avoid them.
When drivers understand the behaviors that contribute to dangerous distractions, they gain valuable insight which puts them on a road to positive change and self-improvement behind the wheel.
New NAFTA Would Hurt Car Sales, Hike Prices
Automakers would sell 140,000 fewer cars per year under President Trump’s proposed replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. International Trade Commission.
The findings contradict arguments from the Trump administration that the new pact with Canada and Mexico will increase the number of cars that are built in the U.S. Changes to the percentage of a car's parts that have to come from one of the three countries to qualify for duty-free treatment, known as rules of origin, "would lead to an increase in U.S. automotive parts production, partly offset by a small decline in U.S. vehicle production," the report said.
Read the article at The Detroit News.
