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Effectiveness of Driver Alerts
Fleets can take a variety of paths to improve driver behavior. Fleets may use formal driver training programs, telematics programs that identify safety issues such as speeding or aggressive braking, or dash cams that provide more insight into driver distraction. … Continue reading
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Are Dash Cams Good Enough to Eliminate Distracted Driving Caused by Mobile Devices?
When you are dealing with an addiction like phone distraction, being told to not look at your phone while driving isn’t good enough. Of all the behavior challenges that impact drivers, cell phone distraction is unique in that it is … Continue reading
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Tagged #distracteddriving, #driversafety, auto insurance, Corporate Safety, Distracted Driving, Fleet Drivers, fleet management, Fleet Safety, fleet technology, phone distraction, prevent distracted driving
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The Hawthorne Effect and Driver Behavior Improvement
The Hawthorne Effect occurs when subjects of an experimental study change or improve their behavior because they are being evaluated or studied. This concept first came from experiments conducted at the Hawthorne Works factory in the 1920s and 30s. Researchers … Continue reading
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Tagged #distracteddriving, #driversafety, auto insurance, Corporate Safety, Distracted Driving, Fleet Drivers, fleet management, Fleet Safety, fleet technology, phone distraction, prevent distracted driving
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An Overview of Types of Collision Avoidance Systems
Millions of dollars and significant effort go into fleet safety technology and training. However, vehicle crashes continue to rise, insurance rates continue to go up, driver distraction is at an all time high, and commercial auto insurers still struggle for … Continue reading
3 Reasons Why Measuring Phone Distraction is Not Good Enough
Cell phone distraction and driving is one of the areas fleets should focus on to improve their safety and insurability moving forward. With the advent, popularity, and frankly, clear and growing addiction to cell phones, driver interaction with their phone … Continue reading
Grey Fleet Management: How to Manage Risk from Grey Fleet Drivers
When an employee drives their personal vehicle for company business, the company has risk exposure and liability whether or not they provide the vehicle. In many ways, risk management is more challenging since the fleet does not own the vehicle. … Continue reading
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The Science Behind Cell Phone Addiction
Key Takeaways Cell phone addiction is purposeful by design. Technologists have been highly effective at creating an addictive environment for cell phone users. Cell phone misuse is vastly underestimated. Studies have shown that driver distraction — especially cell phone distraction … Continue reading
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Tagged #distracteddriving, #driversafety, cell phone addiction, Corporate Safety, Distracted Driving, driver safety, fleet management, Fleet Safety, phone addiction, phone distraction, prevent distracted driving
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Why Companies Face Significant Fleet Insurance Challenges
Every commercial fleet has a significant problem now and a growing problem in the future regarding the availability and cost of fleet insurance. This problem continues a negative pattern many years in the making. If you are fortunate enough to … Continue reading
The True Cost of Speeding for Commercial Fleets
Key Takeaways on Cost of Speeding for Fleets Fleets should be focused on minimizing the impact of excessive speeding in a commercial vehicle, which negatively impacts fuel efficiency as well as driving risk and accidents, and ultimately, the availability and … Continue reading
Reducing Fleet Fuel Costs with Speed Management
Fleet fuel efficiency is defined as “a measure of how much a vehicle will convert energy in fuel to kinetic energy to travel”. The opportunity for fleet fuel management is that driving at lower speeds, especially as speed exceeds 50 … Continue reading
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