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The Ugly Truth About Harsh Braking

In today’s fleet management landscape, the data you’re already paying for, your telematics — can be a goldmine of insights. For fleet managers, driver safety managers, and risk managers alike, understanding and leveraging this data is essential for reducing costs, … Continue reading

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How to Improve Fleet Safety during the Tariff Wars

The latest round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese-manufactured electronics is here, and the impact is already rippling through the commercial fleet industry. If you’re managing a fleet and relying on dash cams or telematics systems built or assembled overseas — … Continue reading

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Why an Engineered Solution is Always Better for Fleet Safety

When it comes to fleet safety, prevention will always be better than reaction. This is especially true for distracted driving, a problem that continues to put lives, businesses, and reputations at risk. Many companies rely on notification based systems that … Continue reading

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The Dangers of Multitasking While Driving for Fleets

The ability to multitask while driving is typically seen as an asset, allowing people to get more done in less time. In the business environment, constant interruptions are the norm. Today, constant exposure to electronic devices leads us to believe … Continue reading

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Applying the Heinrich Pyramid Theory to Fleet Safety

What is Heinrich’s Pyramid of Accident Severity? Developed in the 1930s by an insurance professional named Herbert Heinrich who studied about 75,000 accidents, his theory has become a foundational concept in occupational health and safety. Heinrich found that there is … Continue reading

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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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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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Why Most Rear End Collisions Are Caused By Mobile Device Distraction

Rear end collisions are the number one cause of auto claims. For fleet safety programs, avoidance of rear end collisions should be a primary focus. In a rear end collision, the car that makes contact with the vehicle in front … Continue reading

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4 Best Articles We Have Read Recently on Distracted Driving

As part of our Distracted Driving Awareness Month blog series, we’ve scoured the web to bring you the most insightful and impactful articles on this critical issue. From exploring the troubling rise of distracted driving to proposing innovative solutions and … Continue reading

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