Employee mobile-use — expectations, reality and wrecks: Survey of UK fleet operators focuses on elements of distraction
One in five firms see vehicles crash due to drivers using a mobile phone behind the wheel
— Fleet News, March 1, 2018
Tag: Fleet
Low-tech installs on truck fleets to prevent road deaths, make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists
Side guard installation underway on Harvard’s large trucks
— The Harvard Gazette, February 21, 2018
Australian Trucking Association calls for road safety commission and more Federal oversight, admits ‘obligation’ to be safer
Truck industry demands $12 million to tackle soaring death toll
— The Sydney Morning Herald, January 13, 2018
Jump in rate of US workplace fatalities occurring on roadways fueled by phones, expose regulatory void
Rise in on-the-Job Motor Vehicle Deaths Spurs Safety Concerns
— Bloomberg News, August 30, 2017
Push to mandate sleep apnea test of truckers and engineers is dropped, US agencies and industry groups still wary of drowsy drivers
Experts: Lives at risk if no sleep tests for train engineers
— Associated Press, August 9, 2017
Pilot project partnership will help perfect passenger-friendly app that auto-locks devices
Vancouver company and Telus looking to decrease incidences of distracted driving with eBrake app
— Global News, July 18, 2017
Huge U.S. employer sets new distracted driving policy, Cargill’s all-out ban on devices in vehicles
Cargill goes cold turkey on using mobile phones while driving
— The Washington Post, January 10, 2017
HALO finds driver’s device, sonar at heart of this distraction-reducing tech
Is this the solution to distracted driving?
— Driving, January 5, 2017