As part of a mutual commitment to commercial fleet safety, Fleetmatics Group PLC and Fleet Safety Institute recently announced the availability of a co-authored white paper. The announcement comes in conjunction with the Fleet Safety Conference that took place from July 22-23 in Schaumburg, IL.
The paper entitled, “Ensuring Fleet and Driver Safety: How Technology Helps Service Businesses Adhere to Regulations and Protect Employees,” is designed to help educate commercial fleet-related businesses about common safety-related issues and how to use technology to address them.
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The second "I Am NAFA" video was recently released from NAFA and FMW, featuring expert Fleet Manager Jose Gallardo from NAFA's Arizona Chapter.
"I Am NAFA" is a series of videos developed by NAFA and Fleet Management Weekly (FMW) promoting the value of NAFA membership. By turning the camera from the Association to those served by NAFA, viewers can directly see how these individuals have benefitted from NAFA membership.
Rich Crawford, CEO of SambaSafety, gives us some insight into his company's continuous monitoring solution to identify driver risk. He says it's not enough to pull an MVR on a driver once a year; many violations can happen within a year.
He says, "Think of us as a salesforce.com for driver risk management. Sambasafety is a platform where our customers can plug in different modules -- telematics data, traffic violation data, even employer only data -- and we can bring all of that data together in a comprehensive single platform and then present that back up to our customers as actionable insight -- giving them the ability to take corrective actions before it becomes an issue."
Webinar: Thursday, July 31st, 2 PM Central. Register here.
Many companies utilize employee-provided vehicles to some degree or another in order to meet their needs for the transport of people, goods, or services. Employees who operate their vehicles for business use are compensated under either taxable or non-taxable reimbursement plans, but employers and employees often overlook differences in tax consequences between the two types of reimbursement methods.
Well-run organizations integrate both employer-provided and employee-provided vehicles into their fleet program as part of their vehicle allocation methodology (VAM). The fleet manager (or other designee) should have authority over both programs in order to properly control costs and to successfully provide fair, safe, and equitable transportation for all employees.
Black Book announces the addition of Anil Goyal to its executive team serving as Vice President of Analytics and Strategic Relationships. Best known for providing timely, independent and accurate vehicle valuation data, the addition of Mr. Goyal enables Black Book to broaden its reach into data and trend analysis for customers in a variety of leading industries.