Category Archives: In the News
LifeSaver Mobile Launches on the Geotab Marketplace
Solution can help Geotab customers prevent employee phone use while driving San Jose, CA, and Toronto – October 26, 2020 – LifeSaver Mobile, a leading provider of fleet safety software, today announced the availability of its LifeSaver Mobile Add-In on … Continue reading
Fleet Safety during the Pandemic: How do you know?
Earlier this year our Co-Founder Ted Chen published our most popular article of the year so far titled How to Move the Needle on Corporate Safety in 2020. We decided it was time for a “Part Two” as some eye-popping … Continue reading
Posted in Balancing Technology and Life, Fleet, In the News
Tagged #CDL, #distracteddriving, #DOT, #driversafety, #fleet, Corporate Safety, Fleet Safety, NHTSA, Smartphone
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A Key Tool for Commercial Auto Profitability
While AM Best reports that commercial auto insurers’ losses exceeded $4b in 2019 (continuing 10 years of worsening underwriting results), creative insurers are seeking to use technology to identify targeted insureds instead of just trying to price their way to … Continue reading
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Tagged AM Best, auto insurance, driver safety, fleet, Fleet Safety, insurance journal, insurers, profitability
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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
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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Tagged #CDL, #distracteddriving, #DOT, #driversafety, #fleet, Android, App, Cell Phone, Digital, Distracted Driving, Distraction, Fleet Drivers, Fleet Safety, Fleets, Insurance, iOS, Iphone, LifeSaver, Mobile
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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
Ivey Mechanical Finds Success with LifeSaver
Kosciusko, Mississippi – December 11, 2018 A few years ago, Ivey Mechanical Co., based in Kosciusko, Miss., saw its vehicle accidents rising. The company’s fleet of more than 400 vehicles includes ½- and ¾-ton pickups, ¾-ton service vans, and passenger … Continue reading
FleetWatch Systems Partners With LifeSaver to Launch Its Newest Fleet Safety Program to Target Distracted Driving
SAN JOSE, Calif. & VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 12, 2018 (Newswire.com) – FleetWatch Systems and LifeSaver today announced a new initiative to combat distracted driving among commercial drivers who, with disproportionately long hours on the road and high mileages, are … Continue reading