Category Archives: Culture of Distraction
Using Commercial Fleet Insurance Deductibles to Improve Driver Safety
Fleet safety technology will lead to improved driver behavior and lowered accident rates. Both fleets and fleet insurers would like to see safety technology implemented, but the key question often is who should pay for it? The answer, logically enough, … Continue reading
LifeSaver Mobile Launches on the Geotab Marketplace
Our solution as a Geotab Add in can help Geotab customers prevent employee phone use while driving LifeSaver Mobile Add-In Live as Geotab Marketplace Partner San Jose, CA, and Toronto – October 26, 2020 – LifeSaver Mobile, a leading provider … Continue reading
The Importance of Time and Space on Fleet Safety
Basics of Driving Safety At the most basic level, the one beginning concept that all technology and training ought to focus on is to make the driver continually have an awareness of maintaining a safe amount of time and a … Continue reading
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Strengthen and Enforce Your Fleet’s Cell Phone Policy
NLRB ruling helps but middle ground needed to mitigate cell phone usage liabilities while maintaining fleet operational efficiency Cell phones are ubiquitous, ingrained into our personal and professional lives, and clearly have the ability to provide significant improvement in driving … Continue reading
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Tagged Cell Phone, Distracted Driving, NLRB, smartphones
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Cell Phone Distraction Avoidance Technology is a Natural Fit for Workers Comp
From a workers compensation point of view, the most dangerous place for workers to be is in their commercial vehicle. A significant percentage of workers comp claims are related to auto accidents. While 5% of all workers comp claims are over $500k, … Continue reading
Restarting Fleet Safety in 2020
As restrictions are slowly removed and fleets increase their levels of activity, it is important to keep a commitment to fleet safety, perhaps first emphasizing simple, low-cost solutions that can be implemented easily, require no incremental hardware, and require little … Continue reading
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Tagged driver safety, fleet, Fleet Safety
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How to move the needle on corporate safety in 2020
The Global Pandemic of 2020 presents unique opportunities and challenges for corporate health & safety leaders. The opportunity is the unprecedented focus on health & safety, while the challenges are constraints on budget, resources, and social distancing requirements. Q: How … Continue reading
Telematics + Cell Blocking = A Great Combination
Delivering Value to the Insurer as well as the Fleet Tens of millions of installed OBD telematics solutions have delivered clear value to fleets for a long time. The ideal complement to an installed OBD/telematics device would be an effective cell … Continue reading
Using Technology to Contain Fleet Liability
It is no secret that ever more aggressive plaintiff attorney actions and a targeting of commercial fleets are leading to a substantial increase in the volume and amount of verdicts against commercial fleets. There are uses of technology that every … Continue reading
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VIDEO: Dash Cams Capture, but Don’t Prevent Distracted Driving
By: Sean Maczko, Account Executive Pictured is a public transit driver that knows she’s being recorded on video. She is one of many drivers being “watched”. It doesn’t matter that fleet drivers are being watched, they are going to do … Continue reading