Laura Jozwiak: The Increasingly Strategic Role of the Fleet Manager
The role of the fleet manager keeps changing - and the role is becoming more strategic all the time.
Carpe Diem
We are coming close to the end of the year when we often reflect on the roles that others have played in our careers. If you know a fleet professional whom you believe should be honored with NAFA's prestigious FLEXY Award, celebrating achievement at the highest level, this is your opportunity. You have until January 20th to submit a nomination form. Winners will be announced at NAFA's I&E in Tampa in April.
We were terribly saddened to learn that Dr. Will Murray passed away last weekend from an undiagnosed illness. Our friendship with Will spanned over a decade and we will miss him greatly. Based in the UK, Will was recognized internationally as an occupational road safety expert.
As Research Director of Interactive Driving Systems and subsequently eDriving Fleet, Will’s dedication resulted in over 70 client and partner awards recognizing outstanding results for road safety. We send our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. He was a wonderful man.
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
How Otto Defied Nevada and Scored a $680 Million Payout from Uber
It could be the plot of an Ocean’s Eleven movie: A team of daring engineers heads to the wilds of Nevada to create a dazzling spectacle, defy officials, and walk off with a $680 million jackpot.
In May of this year, Otto unveiled a video of an 18-wheeler thundering down a freeway with no one at the wheel. The San Francisco-based startup had retrofitted a freight truck with lidar, video cameras, radar, and other sensors, enabling it to operate “completely driverless without a driver in the backseat,” according to co-founder Lior Ron at the time.
This FICO Score Gives Credit for Good Driving
San Francisco Chronicle
Two Bay Area companies — FICO and eDriving — next month will introduce a smartphone app that gathers information about your driving behavior and turns it into a score similar to FICO’s famous credit scores.
The FICO Safe Driving Score could be used by employers to monitor workers who drive on the job, by parents to assess their teen drivers and by couples to prove once and for all which spouse is the better driver.
EDriving’s core business is providing driver’s education to beginning drivers, employees who drive a company car and people going to traffic school after getting a ticket. “We are the largest provider of fleet driver safety programs,” said Celia Stokes, eDriving’s CEO.
New Sessions Listed For NAFA’s 2017 Institute And Expo! Register By November 30 And Save!
NAFA's LOWEST registration rate of the year for the upcoming Institute and Expo is only available until Wednesday, November 30! Register now to take advantage of an additional $50 off the already discounted early registration rate. Simply enter the promo code “Early50” during registration.
The complete I&E program was recently posted and is now available online! Offering more than 55 hours of training over 4 days, all 45 concurrent sessions (across five educational tracks) are detailed at www.nafainstitute.org/agenda.
