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Fleet safety vs. fleet risk management

Jim Noble, eDriving’s Vice President of Risk Engineering, recently wrote an article for Fleet Management Weekly entitled Fleet Safety & Fleet Risk Management. They’re...
Included in this webinar, hosted by Worldwide Business Research and delivered by eDriving, will be a case study detailing how global service giant Ecolab has used smartphone technology and implementation of a safety culture focused on excellence in its ‘Vision Zero’ mission.

Culture of excellence webinar aimed at field service leaders

A recurring fleet safety program that provides employers with materials to promote safe driving, the most recent campaign focuses on wellness.

“Wellness” toolkit launched to support driver safety programs

The Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI), which has published the paper, says mobile phone use is an important key performance indicator for road safety.

New guidelines issued to assess mobile phone use in road traffic

New year, safer fleet

Distracted driving collisions: is your fleet doing enough to prevent them?

FAMILY SAFETY

With driving so closely tied to freedom and independence, the American Automobile Association has recommended families with older loved ones plan ahead together, especially when it comes to decisions like limiting driving.

Families urged to support older relatives who cut back on driving

As older adults reduce their driving, men report having less social support than women, according to a new study. With driving so closely tied to...
Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) aims to save lives and prevent serious injuries by measuring, managing and communicating the risk children are exposed to on their way to school.

New app aims to improve safety on journey to school

Top Safety Pick awards have been handed out to 64 cars and SUVs, 23 of the vehicles also qualified for Top Safety Pick+ awards. No minivans or pickups made the list.

IIHS reveals 64 safest vehicles on the road

Transport for NSW’s Safety Town characters Daisy and Sprocket are heading out on a regional roadshow visiting community events including school fairs.

Mascots spreading the road safety message to NSW kids

These include always wearing a helmet when riding or scooting and practising the “stop, look, listen, think” procedure when crossing the road.

Parents urged to instil good road safety habits from early age

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Paul Toole, has stressed the importance of motorists slowing down and paying special attention when travelling near schools.

NSW motorists urged to slow down near schools

MOTORCYCLES

In a statement, the DVSA’s Chief Driving Examiner Mark Winn said it had been just over a year since the DVSA started doing more compliance checks on the motorcycling industry.

Enforcement action taken over rogue motorcycle instructors

The UK’s Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has removed over 100 instructor licences and taken 18 Approved Training Bodies (ATBs) off its official...
Bernard Carlon, Executive Director of Transport for New South Wales’ Centre for Road Safety, said the award was well deserved and shows Australia is leading the way in road safety both here and overseas.

Australia’s motorcycle clothing rating system wins international award

The Motorcycle Safety Advisory Council (MSAC) and The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) have already endorsed MotoCAP which tests the quality of motorcycle gear in Australasian conditions.

Motorcycle helmet safety standard launched

The study, which runs until April 2020, will focus on Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Uganda where the use of motorcycles for daily activities is high.

New research project aims to improve motorcycle safety in Africa

The Consumer Rating and Assessment of Safety Helmets (CRASH), a consortium of Transport for NSW, Insurance Australia Group (IAG) and Transport Accident Commission (TAC), tested 30 helmets against a range of criteria including protection and comfort.

New motorcycle helmet safety ratings released

The BikerTek campaign features a spoof pop up shop which has been set up at bike shows and cafes across south east England selling new bike “parts”.

Motorbike safety campaign targets leisure riders

DRIVING FOR WORK

Drivers who hold F and T drivers licence extensions, which are currently required to drive fare-paying passengers, will have 12 months from July to transition to a new Passenger Transport Driver (PTD) authorisation.

On-demand transform reform underway in WA

The final stage of a comprehensive reform of taxi and on-demand transport in Western Australia will be in place from July 2020. Drivers who hold...
As part of the British Safety Council’s Time to Breathe campaign, the researchers have developed an app that gathers data based on London’s air quality monitoring stations and gives individual users a read-out of the air pollution they are exposed to at work.

Outdoor workers exposed to above-limit levels of air pollution

Outdoor workers are exposed to air pollution well above the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommended limits, according to researchers at King College London. As part...
The new three-way agreement with Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is a 10-point package of safety regulations including: seatbelt requirements, immobilization of defective limousines, increased penalties for illegal U-turns, regular validation of vehicle and driver safety information and new commercial driver license requirements for limousine drivers.

Limousine safety bill agreed after “horrific crashes”

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a new package of safety measures for limousines drivers in wake of a crash which killed 20...
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