The FMW Team wishes you a Happy New Year! This is an exciting and pivotal time in the fleet industry, and we are happy to be on this journey with you.
The Future of Driver Risk Management
Are you looking to implement a driver risk management program in 2023? Or upgrade an existing one? If so, read this article from Ed Dubens on 8 trends to keep in mind.
Are You Marketing to Fleet Professionals?
If so, there’s no better way to wrap up last month’s column, “Negotiating a High-Wire Marketing Balancing Act,” by Ed Pierce than with these key marketing goals you should be pursuing in 2023.
Also, please be aware that Fleet Management Weekly has some excellent and affordable options when it comes to marketing to fleet professionals. Email me to find out more.
Ted Roberts
President
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In 2023, we should undertake a concentrated, collective effort to make our roads safer for everyone—drivers, passengers, cyclists and pedestrians.
The statistics are sobering—despite investments in safety efforts, traffic fatality rates have reached a 16-year high. This year presents us with opportunities to reverse this trend.
With fatality trends going in the wrong direction, we expect to see a renewed focus on Vision Zero investments in the 53 U.S. communities currently signed on to the initiative.
Technology is changing the way all things operate. In the world of heavy-duty trucking operations, fleets are constantly looking for ways to work smarter, not harder.
Now, technology is supporting processes that are automated, instantaneous and increasingly available to the trucking industry.
Through the implementation of Nauto’s A.I. co-pilot, threats of distracted driving can be mitigated and corrected through real-time coaching and feedback regarding current performance.
With self-driving vehicles allowed on public streets in 20 states, federal regulators are beginning to scrutinize the industry for safety concerns.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating self-driving taxis from General Motors subsidiary Cruise, which have been involved in multiple incidents that resulted in unsafe conditions.
Volkswagen and Ford recently pulled support from their autonomous vehicle investments. As Ford CEO Jim Farley explained in October, “profitable, fully autonomous vehicles at scale are a long way off.”