As I was headed to work down a steep mountain road one morning, with several cars and trucks behind me, the fog was so thick I could barely see the headlights of oncoming cars. Suddenly, a vehicle with headlights OFF appeared out of nowhere, like a ghost, about 20 feet in front of me.
Check out this moving post about the importance of NOT using cellphones while driving from GPS Trackit’s own Howard Kotliar, hot off the presses at Construction Business Owner Magazine.
[companyInfo] 600,000 Passengers a Day. The Solution? New York’s iconic yellow cab is getting a decidedly futuristic update. In 2013, the spacious, state-of-the-art Nissan NV200™ will begin ferrying 600,000 passengers daily around the city that never sleeps. With a low-annoyance horn, opening side windows, and sliding doors with a retractable side step for easy entry, […]
[companyInfo] Ram Recalls 1.2 Million Trucks Chrysler Group LLC is recalling about 1.2 million Ram trucks to determine if repairs are needed to address potential steering problems, Bloomberg News reported. Chrysler said about 453,000 Ram trucks have tie rods that might not have been…. Read Full Story… Western Star Debuts All-Wheel Drive Truck Western Star […]
[companyInfo] Guidelines for Employers to Reduce Motor Vehicle Crashes Every 12 minutes someone dies in a motor vehicle crash, every 10 seconds an injury occurs and every 5 seconds a crash occurs. Many of these incidents occur during the workday or during the commute to and from work. Employers bear the cost for injuries that […]
GPS Trackit recently introduced a new Driver Safety Alert that tracks hard turns. Driver Safety Alerts already track and report driving behaviors like rapid acceleration, hard braking, and seatbelt usage. GPS Trackit engineers have now added the ability to identify ‘hard turns’ to the alert list.
Read the latest from industry publications on information related to legislation and driver safety: Good Drivers Leaving in Droves; New HOS Hurting Safety, Carriers Say Recent changes in the hours-of-service rule have delivered yet another regulatory blow to the trucking industry’s overall operating efficiency and its ability to retain qualified drivers, a panel of fleet […]
Read the latest from industry publications on information related to vehicle maintenance: Tire Expenses: Manage to Minimize Effective management of tire costs is more important now than ever and will continue to grow in importance, but if you are not able to accurately measure what your fleet spends on tires, there is no way you […]
Read the latest from industry publications on conferences and councils related to fleet management.
Drive Safely Work Week 2013 toolkits now available at no cost. Monday, October 7, 2013 launches The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety’s (NETS) national Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW) campaign. This year’s DSWW campaign theme is “Gear Up for Safe Driving – Mind, Body, Vehicle.”
