Our New Website is Live!
It's a very exciting week for us here at Fleet Management Weekly, because our new website has finally launched. We've been telling a few of you all about the new site lately, but – for most of you – we're hoping that it will be a very pleasant surprise.
Although the new site is now live, we're still in the 'soft launch' phase, still working furiously to tweak and perfect. That said, the new site is light years better than the old one – primarily because it's far more dynamic and changeable than what we had before.
For our readers, the new site will mean regular daily updates of the fleet news & trends you need. For our advertisers, the new site means new opportunities for advertising and content marketing. And for us, it means a website that's easy to build and populate with more engaging content.
If you've got any comments on the new FleetManagementWeekly.com, please don't hesitate to share them with me at [email protected].
Ted Roberts
COO & Chief Content Officer
Vermont’s Handheld Phone Ban Goes Into Effect
A significant number of drivers in downtown Burlington, Vermont had phone calls to take or make and messages to check Wednesday, October 1st — even though a new law bans the use of hand-held electronics while driving.
The fine for a first offense, including fees, is $162. A ban on texting while driving already is in effect in Vermont.
The prevalence of cellular phones, new research, and publicized crashes has started many debates related to the role cell phones play in driver distraction.
READ MORE to get the details.
TCOPlus Performs Alternative Powertrain Scans for Company Fleets
TCOPlus, the European market leader in independent taxation and fleet reporting, has developed a unique powertrain scan. The program combines the 3 key challenges of alternative engines: driver usage patterns, business case and the implementation.
The objective of the scan is to evaluate the feasibility to include alternative powertrains in the fleet strategy of the company matching the TCO, including all taxation effects, and the different mobility patterns of the employees using the company vehicles.
READ MORE to learn about the unique approach
The Risky Busines of Fleet Safety
Several years ago, we published a series of interviews with John Cruickshank, Senior Associate at a national litigation and consulting law firm, dealing with the subject of negligent entrustment. We ran into him again at a recent meeting of the NorCal-Northern Nevada Chapter of NAFA Fleet Management Association where he eloquently spoke about legal risks fleet face with vehicle safety technologies.
A specialist in liability evaluation and mitigation, John co-authored a white paper: ‘Managing the Legal Risks of Vehicle Safety Technologies’ – and it is excellent. He asks, "How does a company balance the need to implement adequate levels of vehicle safety technology to avoid a negligence finding while still trying to maintain business and operational efficiencies?"
His legal philosophy is that the best way to win a lawsuit is to avoid being sued in the first place. You'll find his white paper - which will help you do just that - in The Legal Corner.
Want to further impress your boss? If you have been putting off registering for NAFA’s International Fleet Academy - November 5-7 in Orlando - do it by Tuesday and you’ll save your company a cool $100!
Janice Sutton
Executive Editor
GPS Tracking Helps Your Fleet Work Smarter, Not Harder
Do you know that your fleet may be working harder than needed, and getting less done than possible? This could be the case if you have not adopted GPS tracking software to your fleet operations. Utilizing a GPS tracking solution, like GPS Insight, can help your fleet be more productive in less time by automating processes that use to make fleet management more time consuming than necessary.
