Seeking Accident Reduction, San Diego Plumbing Fleet Hits It Big With Its New Telematics System
Dramatic reduction in accidents, reduced fuel consumption, increase in productivity
By Mark Boada, Executive Editor
Ask Rhett Wheeler, operations risk manager who doubles as the fleet manager for Bill Howe Plumbing, Inc. in San Diego, what kind of return the company has enjoyed from its investment in telematics and he’ll tell you this: “We haven’t calculated the precise numbers, but with our accident reduction, fuel savings and improvement in productivity, it’s got to be 100 to one.”
eDriving and Munich Re Team Up to Help Reduce Commercial Fleet Risk
eDriving Will Warranty 20% Reduction in Collisions
eDriving® and Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. (Munich Re) have teamed up to offer companies with commercial fleets a driver risk reduction program. eDriving warranties organizations will reduce the number of collisions by at least 20 percent in the first program year or the program fees will be refunded.
Ed Dubens, eDriving chief executive officer and founder, said, “Our new warranty offers clients and partners confidence that they will successfully reduce their fleet risk. We’ve spent more than 20 years refining our approach with some of the world’s largest fleets, and their sustained year-over-year collision performance is what gives us the conviction to offer this warranty.”
America’s Favorite Motor Vehicle Type is Also the Most Deadly
The number of people killed while driving or riding in SUVs rose 3 percent in 2017. It’s even more deadly to be outside of one. The number of pedestrians killed in crashes involving SUVs has skyrocketed by 81 percent in the last decade according to the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's report.
The way SUVs are designed with larger bodies and higher carriage mean pedestrians are more likely to suffer deadly blows to the torso. And higher clearance means victims are more likely to get trapped underneath a speeding SUV instead of pushed onto the hood or off to the side.
Read the article at The Verge.
Trump Administration’s Updated Driverless Vehicle Policy Seeks to Ease Regulations
The Trump administration updated the federal driverless vehicle policy to cover buses, transit and trucks in addition to cars, and it remains voluntary, putting the onus for safety on the companies developing the technologies rather than government regulation.
The updated automated vehicle policy says the Department of Transportation “will modernize or eliminate outdated regulations that unnecessarily impede the development of automated vehicles” and argues that “conflicting State and local laws and regulations surrounding automated vehicles create confusion, introduce barriers, and present compliance challenges."
Read the article at The Washington Post.
Driving Dynamics Launches Hands-On Driver Coaching Course
Driving Dynamics Inc. announced today the rollout of DriveWiseAdvantage (DriveWise).
DriveWise is an on-road behavior and skills coaching service designed to help drivers acknowledge, address and correct poor driving habits, risky behaviors and diminished skills.
Driving Dynamics is showcasing its DriveWise service at booth #12 during the 2018 NETS Annual Strength in Numbers Conference on October 10 and 11 in Frisco Texas.
