Distracted Driving Hits Home — Hard
Moments after leaving USA TODAY's offices in suburban Virginia on Saturday evening, Senior Editor John Siniff hopped on Interstate 66 for a quick drive home. The skies were overcast, a light mist was falling, and the sun was beginning to set.
A young woman speeding along in the lanes behind him was lost in a phone conversation when the 2,500 pounds of metal she was piloting slammed into his vehicle from behind.
He never even heard the tires squeal. Her brakes didn't strain — because she hadn't applied them.
READ MORE to find out what happened.
LeasePlan: Best Practices for North American Fleets
An efficient North American fleet strategy doesn’t just happen overnight. It takes extensive fleet knowledge, hours of careful planning and even more time ensuring things operate as intended. Mastering rules and regulations that vary by country, province and season can be a challenge. So we sat down with the experts at LeasePlan Canada to uncover some best practices for fleets that span North America.
Parents Modeling Bad Driving Habits to Teens
While many parents often concentrate on what kind of vehicle will keep their teen drivers the safest, it’s poor behaviors they exhibit behind the wheel that make the biggest difference in safety and teens learn many of those habits from their parents.
“While parents may think they’re setting a good example for their teens, these findings suggest that some parents engage in unsafe driving habits more often than they might admit,” said Dave Melton, driving safety expert with Liberty Mutual Insurance and managing director of global safety.
KEEP READING to learn about the study results.
How to Earn a Great Reputation
We are pleased to publish the third installment of fleet marketing guru Ed Pierce’s monthly marketing column A Call to Action (For Fleet Providers). This month’s column is entitled ‘Earning a Great Reputation Through Promotion and Education.’ If you market products to fleet buyers, Ed can help you reach those buyers with the right message.
Just before leaving town last week, our dysfunctional Congress managed to cobble together a stop-gap Highway Bill, which will keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent only until next spring. But some hard decisions will have to be made then and fleets are very much affected, no matter how the problem is addressed and finally resolved. NAFA is monitoring the situation and will continue to make the position of fleet professionals known to legislators. Be sure and keep NAFA apprised of your own position on this thorny issue.
Janice Sutton
Executive Editor
Connected Assets, Connected Vehicles, More Data
GE Fleet is aligning with the broader GE goal of connecting all assets in 'The Internet of Things,' using Predictive Analytics, and bringing more value than ever to their customers.
