
New York City is defending its fleet safety initiatives in response to a recent New York Post story. In the article, the Post cited an 11% spike in accidents involving city vehicles.
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New York City has banned the use of hands-free phone devices by city fleet drivers, except for emergency responders. The city concluded that the use of hands-free devices can lead to equally dangerous levels of distraction as non-hands free devices.
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New Jersey City University (NJCU) fleet reduced its preventable collisions by 78% in calendar-year 2015 in comparison to the prior year, earning it the National Safety Council's award for significant improvement in safety performance.
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By providing real-time information about law enforcement vehicles, telematics can save officers' lives.
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From adding in-vehicle technologies to incentives in the shop, here are five ways fleets can improve driver, vehicle, and operational efficiency.
Read More →The city of Mobile, Ala., has been using the Lytx DriveCam program to recognize its safest drivers and best training coaches, while also helping reduce the risky driving behaviors that lead to collisions among the employees who drive city vehicles.
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A San Francisco supervisor is drafting a plan to require telematics on every vehicle that could reach the board in June for a vote.
Read More →As government fleet managers are certainly aware, some unions are against the implementation of GPS fleet tracking software. Here's how you can position the technology to gain acceptance.
Read More →Dona Ana County Sheriff Enrique "Kiki" Vigil, who took office in January, said he's concerned that many vehicles have been driven past 100,000 miles and pose a risk to deputies.
Read More →Unsafe driving caused a collision between two southern California fire trucks responding to the same fire that injured 15 people after one of the trucks headed into a restaurant, according to an investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
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