How Do You Park In Crowded Lots: Dive Head First, Or Back It Up?
Look at any parking lot, and you'll notice two kinds of people: those who, upon finding back-to-back spots, pull through to the other side so they can drive straight out when their shopping errands are done, and those who stop at the dividing line, preferring to back out into traffic.
According to AAA, one of those people is doing it wrong.
PARS Introduces Open Safety Recall Check to Ensure Road-Ready Vehicles
PARS, a leader in fleet vehicle transport and logistics, announced a new Open Safety Recall Check service. The new complimentary feature, based on a real-time feed of open safety recall data from NHTSA’s safercar.gov database, protects drivers and clients from potential safety and liability issues resulting from recalls.
According to PARS president Lori Rasmussen, PARS will initiate a check for open safety recalls after the submission of each order: “If any open safety recalls are found, you receive immediate notice, and the order is placed on “Hold” until we obtain the client’s guidance.”
NAFA Commends Passage Of Five-Year Highway Bill
On December 4, the United States House of Representatives and Senate overwhelmingly passed a five-year, $305 billion transportation funding bill. The legislation has been sent to President Barack Obama, who has indicated he will sign it. This action finally provides the certainty that NAFA Fleet Management Association has been advocating for in the wake of several years of stopgap funding reprieves.
"This has been a very long time in coming," said NAFA Fleet Management Association CEO Phillip E. Russo, CAE, "But the United States has a long-term transportation funding option, and fleet professionals and anyone who relies on U.S. infrastructure can finally breathe a sigh of relief."
Register Now: AFLA 2016 Regional Forum
Join AFLA in Tampa, FL for their 2016 Regional Forum focusing on the topics of Safety, Global Economic Issues Impacting our Industry, Medical Marijuana and the Over-Medicated Driver, and The Future of Remarketing.
This one-day educational event will be held Thursday, February 25, 2016 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM at the Sheraton Suites Tampa Airport Westshore in Tampa, FL. Registration for this event is only $175 for members and $275 for non-members.
Happy Holidays!
ARI’s Brian Matuszewski has again penned an outstanding column in The Sustainable Fleet. Talking about the disruptive force of the rise of the sharing economy, he says the fleet industry is not immune to the changes that are happening all around us.
CX guru Jeofrey Bean is a marvel. If you are striving for improved customer retention and loyalty, Jeofrey has some fine advice for you in his latest Fleet Customer Experience column.
Echoing the entire fleet industry, we wish Bob Graham, ARI’s venerable VP of Vehicle Remarketing, a most interesting and happy retirement!
We are taking a holiday break here at Fleet Management Weekly and will publish our first newsletter of 2016 on January 5th. We will, however, continue to update our website, FleetManagementWeekly.com daily, so please check in with us for the latest news.
We wish our readers a delightful holiday season and a happy and healthy New Year!
Janice Sutton
Executive Editor
