Three U.S. senators on Wednesday urged the White House to reform the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration when it nominates a new permanent chief.
The agency has been operating for 11 months without a Senate-confirmed administrator after David Strickland left to join a Washington law firm. A senior administration official told reporters on Oct. 24 that President Barack Obama was likely to name a new permanent chief within two weeks.
Senators Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts, Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Bill Nelson, D-Florida, called on Obama to reform NHTSA’s safety mission when nominating its new administrator.
The senators wrote, “NHTSA must alter its practices to require automakers to publicly release more information about accidents that could be caused by safety defects, upgrade its own safety databases and do a better job of enforcing compliance with transparency measures intended to provide early warnings about potentially dangerous defects to the public.”
Katherine Vigneau, MBA, MDS, CAFM has been named Director of Professional Development at NAFA Fleet Management Association. Previously, she was a Senior Manager at Mercury Associates, an independent fleet management consulting firm in North America. Prior to that, she headed her own consultancy firm KMVS Fleet + Consulting.
The City of Gainesville, Florida, has signed a contract with the CEI Group, Inc. (CEI) to continue to provide it with fleet accident management services. CEI has been their fleet accident management provider since 2005.
The contract covers 1,581 light, medium and heavy duty vehicles in the City’s fleet, including fire, police, safety, public works and administration.
About CEI
CEI is a leading provider of technology-enhanced vehicle accident, driver safety and fleet risk management services. Its provider network consists of some 4,000 collision repair shops in North America, and includes nearly 1,000 truck collision repair centers. Its customers include self-insured, commercial, and institutional and government fleets, directly and through alliances with fleet leasing companies. CEI also provides vehicle direct repair program outsourcing to leading property and casualty insurance companies.
Founded in 1983, CEI has headquarters near Philadelphia, PA, and field sales offices in Trevose, PA, Tulsa, OK, and Lake in the Hills, IL. In 2000, CEI launched the DriverCare™ line of services, which include fleet risk management, MVR ordering and compliance, on-line and behind-the-wheel driver safety training and a safety newsletter. For more information about CEI, please visit ceinetwork.com
Leading global payments business, Barclaycard, is to be the headline sponsor of next year’s Fleet World Fleet Show at Silverstone, England on May 12.
The sponsorship follows the successful launch of Barclaycard Fuel+, in association with The Miles Consultancy (Fuel+) at the Fleet World Fleet Show earlier this year. Fuel+ is a new fuel and mileage expenses solution designed to help companies cut their business fuel costs by, on average, 25%. Fuel+ allows drivers to refuel at almost all petrol forecourts in the UK including supermarkets. TMC's multi-award-winning Mileage Audit system is built seamlessly into the product.
Good advice for U.S. fleet operators charged with European fleets: start by going to Europe and gaining a clear understanding of the needs of fleet managers there.