How coaching can keep drivers safe during the holidays and beyond

The days between November and January are often dubbed the “happiest time of the year,” but this time span can also be the most dangerous for drivers. Increased traffic, tight delivery timelines and drunk driving all lead to more hazardous conditions for truck drivers. 

Samsara data shows that hard braking and speeding increase significantly around the holidays, often as much as 20%. These behaviors tend to be more common in heavy traffic; they are also high predictors of future crashes. When...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-coaching-can-keep-drivers-safe-during-the-holidays-and-beyond

Amazon expands same-day delivery, invests in driver safety

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Remember when Amazon last year scaled back its facility footprint amid an overbuild and an economic...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-expands-same-day-delivery-invests-in-driver-safety

Remember, bridges first things on road to freeze

One can never be too sure the road ahead is without ice, especially considering the freeze-first nature of bridges. The question is: Are you willing to take your chances?

Reliance Partners Vice President of Safety Brian Runnels explains why bridges are the last place a driver would want to hit an ice patch and how to avoid such a scenario when things get icy.

“Ground warmth insulates the roads, keeping [them] from freezing as fast — bridges don’t have that,” Runnels said. 

That’s because bridges...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/remember-bridges-first-things-on-road-to-freeze

Webinar: How weather monitoring can save you $1M in your freight business

Each day your drivers have one goal: to get home safely. But as everyday weather becomes more volatile than ever before, conditions like wind, rain and snow make it harder and harder.

The goal of your customers remains the same: to get their deliveries on time.

You are trying to strike the balance between weather safety and timeliness, but your current forecast monitoring applications fail to provide actionable information. 

That’s why arming your fleet with the right tools is so critical. Without...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-weather-monitoring-can-save-you-1m-in-your-freight-business

Driver safety, ideas on reducing fuel use top concerns for SMB fleets

Commercial fleet managers are very concerned about safety, they generally trust their drivers and are running out of ideas on how to save fuel.

Those are some of the high-level takeaways from a new survey of 503 decision-makers at small and midsized businesses (fewer than 1,000 employees) operating at least five commercial vehicles. The results were released Monday by Netradyne, an artificial intelligence fleet technology provider.

The survey was conducted by Atomik Research from Sept. 21 to 28....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driver-safety-ideas-on-reducing-fuel-use-top-concerns-for-smb-fleets

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