Manheim’s Logistics Solutions Touched Nearly Nine Million Vehicles Last Year
Last year more dealers and commercial clients seeking better ways to transport vehicles and save money turned to Manheim’s Ready Logistics and Central Dispatch.
Ready Logistics, a full-service logistics provider, moved more than two million vehicles, achieving a 14 percent year-over-year increase -- making 2017 its best year ever. That growth can be attributed to the company’s ability to provide seamless transportation solutions, value-added integrations and an exceptional experience for clients seeking white glove transportation service.
In addition, Central Dispatch, a self-managed platform, supported 6.7 million vehicle moves, demonstrating an increase of 34 percent year-over-year.
In-lane or digitally, Ready Logistics connects automotive dealers, auctions, commercial clients and car owners with a nationwide network of more than 6,500 carriers. Supported by a best-in-class technology platform, the full-service provider helps clients simplify the vehicle movement process and reduce the time needed to transport vehicles.
Read the press release.
Parking and Backing Safety Tips
Parking lot accidents account for over 20% of auto crash claims, and over one-fourth of all accidents involve backing. Watch these safety tips from Driving Dynamics, and learn how to minimize your risk.
Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Black Very Well
The navigating lasers of autonomous vehicles don’t enable detection of black cars and PPG Industries Inc., is engineering a paint that allows the near-infrared light emitted by lasers to pass through a dark car’s exterior layer and rebound off a reflective undercoat—making it visible to sensors.
PPG is also developing a bar code that can be applied to an autonomous vehicle in a color invisible to humans but that can be scanned by another vehicle, yielding information about make and model, as well as performance data such as braking distance. The technology also could be deployed on street signs and other road structures to help driverless vehicles navigate.
PPG and other companies see a lucrative opportunity in solving one of the most intractable problems of driverless technology—and a way to ensure demand for their products even as the number of cars on the road may dwindle.
Read the article at Bloomberg.
Change in Dates for AFLA’s 2018 Annual Corporate Fleet Conference
AFLA is excited to announce a change in dates for the 2018 Annual Corporate Fleet Conference, which will now take place October 1 – October 3, 2018 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, FL.
These updated dates allow AFLA to take advantage of additional networking spaces where attendees can see sponsor vehicle displays, provide a more unique ambiance for the Women in Fleet Management session, give AFLA attendees the opportunity to stay at either the JW Marriott or Ritz Carlton for the duration of the conference and remove any conflict with the Yom Kippur holiday.
Groups Rally for 16 Traffic Safety Laws That Should be Adopted Nationwide
According to a new Roadmap for Highway Safety report by Advocates for Highway Safety, Rhode Island and South Dakota are the best and worst states, respectively, for driver safety in the U.S.
Each state is given a ranking based on what the safety advocacy group considers 16 fundamental traffic safety laws to ensure roadway safety.
"The push to fortify and expand the safety laws laid out in the roadmap comes because crash statistics are on the rise in the U.S. after more than a decade of declines. More than 37,000 fatalities occurred on America’s roads in 2016, the first year of an increase, and the numbers were basically flat through the first half of 2017, the most recent statistics available."
Read the article at The Detroit Bureau.
