Now’s the time to reinforce safe driving

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has set October 15-21 as the dates for this year's Operation Safe Driver Week. The annual event is a partnership between CVSA and the Federal Motor Carriers Association.

The goal of the effort is to “help improve the behavior of all drivers operating in an unsafe manner through educational and traffic enforcement strategies to address individual's exhibiting high-risk driving behaviors.”

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Performance-based safety programs

Everyone wants to operate in a safe manner and most fleets go to great lengths to develop safety programs to keep their drivers, technicians, other employees and the general public safe.

A well-thought out and executed safety plan can also help fleets reduce their insurance premiums. Insurance companies look favorably on fleets that work to reduce risk by having an extensive formalized safety program in place.

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Webinar: Listening to the voice of the driver can ease the shortage

One way to address the growing shortage of truck drivers is to actually listen to what truck drivers want from the job they perform and that does not always center around pay, though wages make up a large proportion of their wants and needs.

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The challenges of measuring fuel economy

With Run on Less in the works, I've spent a fair amount of time working with our team on MPG lately. We've looked at questions such as:

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ASA develops replacement rearview mirror monitor

ASA Electronics introduced its latest Voyager Replacement Rearview Mirror Monitor designed to help drivers change lanes, merge into traffic, and backup.

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Riding & Driving in a Ram ProMaster Van

With a rental agreement signed, sealed and in hand, Fleet Owner took a 2017 Ram ProMaster 2500 HD high-roof full-size cargo van on a 540-mile two-day journey from North Virginia down through the Shenandoah Valley and back, fully-loaded and empty. The surprising thing about it: how comfortable, capable and easy to handle a stripped-down model turned out to be. (All photos: Sean Kilcarr/Fleet Owner)

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FedEx won’t add surcharges to most holiday deliveries

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