Happy 246th Birthday, America!
"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives.
I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him"
~ President Abraham Lincoln
The Fleet Management Weekly Team
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Feds Act to Stop Cars From Being Wedged Under Truck Trailers. It Took 8 Years.
July 3, 2022 - The federal agency that oversees traffic safety has announced stronger protections to make sure cars don’t get wedged under tractor-trailers — eight years after officials first promised to address the issue.
“The gap between what is proposed and what is needed is shocking,” said Truck Safety Coalition board member Jennifer Tierney, whose father was killed in an underride crash in 1983 in North Carolina. “There is no shortage of rear underride guards already in the marketplace that far exceeds the requirement proposed today. Sadly, this is a low bar to clear that will not move the needle on safety.”
AFLA 2022: Forward Together with Shola Richards
Shola Richards joins the AFLA stage as the opening keynote speaker!
Richards is the CEO and Founder of Go Together Global™, the best-selling author of Making Work Work, and Go Together, as well as a civility writer with a passionate worldwide following.
Register now to join fellow leaders at sessions focused on fleet excellence, networking receptions, outdoor social events, and best practice roundtable discussions.
October 10-13 -- JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort, Tucson, AZ
New NHTSA Chief Ready to Crack Down on Wayward Self-Driving Technology
June 30, 2022 - With federal data revealing hundreds of crashes involving automated vehicle systems like Tesla’s Autopilot, Steven Cliff, the new administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said it’s time for closer scrutiny and new regulations.
“Any time we put a regulation on the books, we have to define not only what standard that technology needs to be held to, but we need to have an objective way to measure the performance of the system to ensure that it actually complies with the regulation,” said Cliff, who previously specialized in chemistry and air pollution.
Amazon to Use Electric Cargo Bikes For Deliveries
E-commerce giant Amazon has found a simple solution to replace thousands of its van deliveries: smaller electric cargo bikes and good old-fashioned walking.
The first city to see Amazon make the switch is London, where the company is beginning a trial with electric cargo bikes – but these aren’t your typical two-wheeled electric cargo bikes. In fact, they aren’t even the common delivery e-trikes we’ve seen before.
These are four-wheeled electric cargo bikes that look similar to a miniature delivery van, but use an e-bike drivetrain for propulsion. That means the driver is actually a rider who sits on a bike seat and pedals the vehicle to engage an electric motor that magnifies his or her pedaling force.
