July 2008 - Cover Story
By Mike Antich & Lauren Colin
On average, 20 percent of fleet vehicles are involved in accidents each year. Although this percentage has remained steady from 2005-2007, the cost of repairing these vehicles is rising.
Tags: Accident Management, CCM, CEI, Fleet Response
July 2008 - Feature
By Mike Scott
Extracting subrogation funds is no longer a daunting task for Kern County, Calif., which has discovered the advantages of sending accident reporting and management to an outside firm.
Tags: CEI, collision repairs, Kern County, Outsourcing
The increasing amount of technology hardware installed in law enforcement vehicles presents ergonomic and safety risks. Designers and engineers are developing strategies and products to address both issues.
Tags: ergonomically-friendly, GPS, law enforcement vehicles, public safety, space, technology
May 2008 - Feature
By Shelley Mika
Mandatory driver training and license checks led to dramatically lower insurance costs, reducing the annual liability premium by $240,000. Fleets of all kinds may take a cue from the U of M.
Tags: driver training, insurance, license checks, safety, University of Minnesota
March 2008 - Feature
By Cheryl Knight
Available on 27 GM truck, van, and SUV models, OnStar helps keep fleet drivers on the road and heading in the right direction. In the event of an accident, help is summoned automatically or is just one button-press away.
Tags: driver safety, GM, OnStar, vehicle diagnostics
February 2008 - Feature
By Richard Alaniz
State and federal laws restrict how companies obtain, use, store, share, and discard confidential information contained in employee driving records. Noncompliance with these laws can result in lawsuits and penalties.
January 2008 - Feature
By Robert Martines
Successful auto claim collectors are well prepared, know the laws and regulations in their states, and are ready to challenge insurers whose practices are meant to intimidate.
Tags: arbitration, subrogation
December 2007 - Feature
By Mike Antich
The City of Coppell, Texas, gets the big picture about fleet safety. It’s not only a dollars-and-cents issue, but also a moral issue of keeping drivers – and the citizens with whom they interact – safe.
Tags: driver's license, MVR
By Phil Moser
Nearly every driver has a reason to justify speeding, talking on a cell phone while at the wheel, or following too closely. A safe driving training expert rebuffs those excuses.
Tags: business driver, safety
November 2007 - Feature
The City of Westminster, Colo., learned valuable lessons during a December 2006 storm event that severely tested the City’s emergency response and fleet maintenance teams. Teamwork and training were critical to a successful response.
Tags: emergency vehicles, fleet maintenance, roadblocks
October 2007 - Feature
By Steve Bennett
Dave Vance, Fleet Response’s director of safety services, studies driver and crash incident data to identify causes and establish preventability.
Tags: accidents, at-risk, safety
By Lauren Colin
GM keeps vehicles on the road with all-wheel drive, StabiliTrak, and traction control, and makes sure vehicles stop with anti-lock brake systems.
Tags: General Motors, GM, safety
AmeriFleet’s unique business model incorporates driver safety performance into overall job evaluation. The company also ties bonus dollars to safety. New-hire training is a vital part of the model’s success.
Tags: safety
By Chris Brown
Highlighted are the causes of rollover crashes and ways to prevent them. Driver education is critical.
Tags: crashes, rollover
By Staff
Government and National Safety Council statistics report that millions of Americans are involved in traffic crashes each year. Here are 10 steps for your drivers to follow when they find themselves in a crash incident.
Tags: accident, safety
The average fleet claim severity for 2006 was $1,869.87, an increase of $48.81 over 2004. Also experiencing a slight increase in 2006 was the percent of accidents deemed preventable.
September 2007 - Feature
By Fiona Soltes
The city of Coppell, Texas takes a proactive approach to fleet safety that includes hands-on driver training, annual MVR checks, safety-related employee performance reviews and an accident review committee.
July 2004 - How-To
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Keeping driver and third parties safe and reducing the risk of physical damage is grounded in some very basic concepts.
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