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Is Your Fleet Safety Policy Up to Date?
Regardless of state marijuana laws, include in the policy that operating a company vehicle under the influence of alcohol, narcotics, any controlled substance, or any substance that impairs your ability is considered a violation to the fleet policy and to the organization’s code of conduct. Violations against the policy should be categorized as a severe offense and may include termination.
Fleet managers must continually deal with evolving issues related to fleet policy, ranging from personal use of company-provided vehicles, new technologies, and privacy issues to carrying firearms in vehicles, marijuana legalization, and the operation of EVs.
How often does your company review — and update — its fleet safety policy? What are you doing to ensure that drivers read, understand, and comply with the whole policy?
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New Jersey Bill Takes a Soft Stand Against In-Car Subscriptions
The United States has one of the most extensive vehicle transportation networks in the world, totaling more than 4 million miles of interstate highways, city freeways and rural roads.
It makes sense, given the size of the country and the cost-effectiveness of ground-based systems in getting people and products from point A to point B as efficiently as possible. But it also comes with potential challenges. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 42,915 motor vehicle–related fatalities in 2021, the largest number since 2005.
While education about safe driving techniques and additional traffic enforcement can temporarily reduce the risk of crashes and fatalities, human nature inevitably leads drivers to make occasional rash decisions — choices that could cost their lives, those of their passengers and other drivers.
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Preventative Maintenance for Higher Mileage Vehicles
With automakers struggling to produce new vehicles due to the chip shortage, fleets are keeping their current vehicles in service longer than they would have in the past. While this is a necessity to keep your business going, vehicles that stay on the road longer than expected will have more preventative maintenance needs that you may not be aware of.
Once a vehicle goes beyond the normal cycle, there are required services that you may not have had to worry about in the past. While these services will add to your CPM, they are necessary to keep your drivers rolling and prevent costly catastrophic failures as you extend the life of your fleet.
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