Three experts weigh in on the vital elements — buy-in, consistency, proactivity, and training — that ensure a fleet safety program is successful.
Distracted driving claims thousands of lives each year. Do you know how commercial truck fleets can prevent distracted driving temptations?
The worst time to realize your trucking fleet’s safety program doesn’t measure up is when you’re answering attorneys’ questions in court or at a deposition.
Safety is a perennial concern for fleets. As roadways become increasingly hazardous, there are various approaches that fleets can take in order to improve the safety in their operations.
Accident rates in the U.S. have been growing in recent years. Fleets now have to use best practices to tackle the increasingly difficult task of keeping their drivers safe while the roads they’re driving on become more dangerous.
While having a robust fleet safety policy will help prevent accidents from occurring for fleets, technologies, such as telematics, can help also greatly curb preventable accidents.
The best practices to limiting liability exposure begins with a good driver screening process and continues all the way to how drivers handle themselves in the event of an accident.
It has been said that a fleet manager’s cost-saving focus should be on the two largest expense categories: depreciation and fuel. But once that has been done, where does a fleet manager look for additional cost reductions?
Consistency and company-wide buy-in of the program will help support the foundations that are put into place.
Checking MVRs, proper driver training, and staff accountability are some key aspects for a proper fleet safety program.
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