Art Liggio: Safety Training from Qualified, Experienced Instructors
Driving Dynamics has highly qualified, experienced instructors who are ideal for training drivers about all the new vehicle safety technologies out there.
Driving Tips: How You Can Help Limit Traffic Jams
It’s summer, and more Americans are on the road. Crowded roads. So here are a few tips you may never have learned or have forgotten.
Some advice should be obvious, like getting out of the left lane on expressways if you are blocking cars by driving well under the speed limit. (Some states are cracking down on drivers who don’t understand this.)
And don’t slow down to look at an accident on the side of the highway. What would you hope to see? Just move along.
This is less obvious: Don’t change lanes so much. And don’t put yourself in positions where you have to brake so much.
Smart Phones Take Distracted Driving To New Level, Expert Says
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 32,675 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2014, with 10 percent of those fatalities caused by distracted driving.
Distracted driving is a growing issue as the number of deaths from distracted drivers is rivaling the number of deaths from drunk drivers—who represent roughly one-third of fatalities, about 9,967 deaths in 2014.
People who drive while sending or reading text messages are 23 times more likely to be involved in an automobile crash than other drivers.
A 2015 distracted driving survey from Erie Insurance reported that one-third of drivers admitted to texting while driving. And, new research conducted by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Students Against Destructive Decisions revealed 68 percent of teens admit to using apps while driving.
Bill Elliott: AFLA’s Focus – Corporate and Commercial Fleets
AFLA focuses on corporate and commercial fleets of all sizes, has a very equalized membership program, and provides excellent education and networking opportunities.
Geotab’s GO TALK Honored with 2016 Golden Bridge Award
Geotab has earned the prestigious Gold status in the Golden Bridge Awards for their GO TALK in-vehicle verbal coaching solution. Winners will be honored in San Francisco on Monday, September 12, 2016 during the annual Red Carpet Golden Bridge Awards Ceremony.
GO TALK is a new driver awareness tool that transforms the way driver coaching happens behind the wheel by providing real-time verbal feedback to fleet drivers, increasing safety and minimizing risk.
