A Paradigm Shift in Driver Safety
John Wysseier, The CEI Group’s new CEO and President, talks about the most notable difference he saw when he came back to the fleet world after 10 years.
‘Tragic Trend’: On the Job Fatalities Rise for Third Consecutive Year
Transportation-related fatalities – which increased slightly to 2,083 – accounted for 40 percent of all fatal work-related injuries in 2016.
Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers experienced 918 fatal injuries, the most of any occupation.
“America’s workers deserve better,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor Loren Sweatt said in a Dec. 19 press release. “The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is committed to finding new and innovative ways of working with employers and employees to improve workplace safety and health. OSHA will work to address these trends through enforcement, compliance assistance, educating and training, and outreach.”
Read the article at Safety and Health.
Black Book Market Insights – 1/2/2018
This week’s Black Book Market Insights report shows cars overall dropping in value by a record -0.78%.
Mid-Sized Cars saw the highest depreciation with a -1.18% decrease in value followed closely by the Compact segment at 0.93%.
Volume-weighted, overall truck segment (including pickups, SUVs and vans) values declined by 0.54% last week. In line with the average weekly adjustment of 0.57% over the previous four weeks.
The Sub-Compact Luxury Crossover segment performed the worst, decreasing by 1.38%.
Read the report at Black Book.
Three Steps to Lock-Down Driver Monitoring and Vastly Improve Fleet Safety
By Mark Boada, Senior Editor
It’s a fact that under the watchful eyes of superiors and peers people who work in offices and factories aren’t very likely to break the law or their employers’ standards of conduct.
But it’s a different story when it comes to people who work in a mobile office, a term that aptly describes a fleet vehicle.
It’s also a fact that 94 percent of all accidents are caused by driver error, including acts of commission and omission. Chief among these are speeding, tailgating, using a cellphone, and engaging in all sorts distraction.
One more fact connects these dots: when employees know their behavior is being monitored and measured, and that there are consequences for poor performance, they improve their performance. The logical conclusion here is that if a fleet wants to reduce its accident rate, it needs to put eyes in the mobile office, to monitor and measure the behaviors of its drivers.
