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Did You Know?
"Every twelve minutes someone dies in a motor vehicle crash, every ten seconds an injury occurs, and every 5 seconds a crash occurs. Many of these incidents occur during the commute to and from work. Employers bear the cost of injury that occur on and off the job. Whether you manage a fleet of vehicles, oversee a mobile sales force, or simply employ commuters, by implementing a driver safety program in the workplace you can greatly reduce the risks faced by your employees and their families while protecting your company's bottomline."
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Driving the GreenRoad to Safety
When Does a Crash Take Place?
Hod Fleishman
Founder, GreenRoad Technologies
 Following any car crash, comes the investigation or question inquiring why that specific crash took place. The answers are as varied as the people you ask. Consider a car strategically parked on its roof a few hundred feet away from a highway. The police will describe the cause as "sudden road departure", the insurance company as "own fault", the coroner will discover the driver was drunk, and GreenRoad Safety Center reports may indicate the driver was a real hazard months before the crash. read more»
Survey Question:
How is the increasing cost of fuel impacting your business? Share your best practice tips. answer now»
(Top responses will be published in the next issue.)
Featured Article:
Developing a Successful Driver Safety Incentive Program
Bill Sims, Jr.
President, The Bill Sims Company
Can we pay processional drivers to drive safely? It depends on the currency. Our experience in structuring rewards and incentives programs for a variety of companies shows that the most cost-effective way of achieving improved safety is through rewards and recognition. And money is one of the least effective rewards. Let me give you two examples. read more»
Employee Spotlight:
Mark Hampson
UK Account Manager & Risk Management Consultant
My chosen career within fleet operations was strongly influenced by my interest in cars and trucks as a youth. As a professional my interest steered more into areas of safety after witnessing the devastating consequences caused by road accidents. In many cases, the physical, financial and emotional results were often preventable. read more»
Teen Driver Safety Series
Guide to Reducing Teen Accidents
Eric Shishko
SVP, Insurance
There's a wonderful joke that goes "how many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?" - Only one but the light bulb has to really want to change. This joke is apropos of the question we are often asked "how does a parent get their teen to drive safely?" - Well it’s the same answer - its easy, just get the teen to want to drive safely! read more»
Submit your Green Driver Stories
You are invited to highlight a GREEN DRIVER in your fleet. The chosen article and driver will be featured in our next newsletter. Submissions must be submitted electronically by June 15th to cbannis@greenroadtech.com in a Word document format.
"Quote of the Month"
"PRIORITIZE YOUR RISKS. You must at least have an ad hoc process for ranking risk; however, prioritization can change over time. My primary goal is to make sure top management has ongoing awareness of the major risks, the ones I regard as “show stoppers”. The more you can automate this process the more time you will have to work on the “show stoppers”."
- John Kubala CDS CHRM,
Director of Safety and Human Resources
LeFleur Transportation |
