Turning Off Red Light Cameras Costs Lives, New Research Shows
Red light camera programs in 79 large U.S. cities saved nearly 1,300 lives through 2014, researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have found.
Shutting down such programs costs lives, with the rate of fatal red-light-running crashes shooting up 30 percent in cities that have turned off cameras.
"We know we have a problem: people dying at signalized intersections because of people running red lights," IIHS President Adrian Lund said as he presented the new research at a red-light-camera forum hosted by the Institute. "We know red light cameras are part of the solution."
Q&A: Stuart Donnelly — Strategically Managing Fleets in 47 Countries
By Janice Sutton
In this wide-ranging interview, we asked Stuart Donnelly, International Sales Director at Fleet Logistics International, to bring us up to date on the company and tell us what he is seeing in today's global fleet arena.
Independent of banks, leasing companies or manufacturers, and operating in 47 countries and managing nearly 200,000 vehicles, Fleet Logistics is Europe's largest fleet management company.
The company has experienced significant growth in the past five years, partly because of some strategic acquisitions.
And they are on the move; last year, Fleet Logistics opened an Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore, and has most recently begun operations in Sao Paolo.
When we interviewed Stuart in Birmingham, England, the UK Brexit vote was a just few weeks away. Since this historic vote we followed up with him to get his thoughts on the impact of the UK's vote to leave the European Union. Hint: he is very optimistic!
Kurt Cornell: Mercedes-Benz Can Be a Great Choice for Fleets
Not only is Mercedes-Benz frequently as price-competitive as any other make when it comes to total cost of ownership, adding their vehicles to your fleet selector is a powerful way to gain and retain top talent.
WIFM: Ignite Your Selling Potential at AFLA 2016 Conference
Regardless of your role, selling is one of the most important skills you can develop.
The AFLA 2016 Annual Conference kicks off on Sunday, September 18th, with a Women in Fleet Management (WIFM) session: Ignite Your Selling Potential.
During this session, attendees will learn seven simple accelerators to gain buy-in and drive results, how to realize and ignite your selling potential and how to avoid the hazards to transform activity in productivity.
Is Uber Reducing Drunk Driving? New Study Says No.
A new study casts doubt on Uber’s claim that ride-sharing has reduced drunken driving.
Researchers at Oxford University and the University of Southern California who examined county-level data in the United States before and after the arrival of Uber and its competitors in those markets found that ride-sharing had no effect on drinking-related or holiday- and weekend-related fatalities.
One reason could be that, despite the soaring popularity of Uber and other ride-sharing services, there still may not be enough ride-share drivers available yet to make a dent on drunken driving, the authors said.
They also suggest that the tipsy riders who now call Uber are the ones who formerly would have called a taxi. For others, the odds of getting a DUI are still so low that many would prefer to gamble rather than lay out money for a ride-sharing service. Drunks, after all, are just not rational.
