Safety & Accident

THOUSAND OAKS, CA - Calif.-based Omega Health Systems (OHS) announced a new partnership with Advanced Drivers of America (ADA) to provide online risk assessment and e-learning systems via their Safe Driving Plus system.

Tags: Advanced Drivers of America, Driver Safety, Omega Health Systems

HARTFORD, CT - A recent survey found using a brain fitness training tool has been clinically proven to help older adults reduce their likelihood of being in a car accident, cutting crash risk up to 50 percent.

Tags: business driver, Driver Safety, survey, The Hartford Financial Services Group

COLUMBUS, OH - Nearly four out of 10 drivers say they have been hit or nearly hit by a driver distracted by their cell phone, according to a new public opinion poll.

Tags: distracted driving, Driver Safety, mobile application, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, smartphone, survey, texting

RESTON, VA - When an employee equipped with a FleetSafer- enabled smartphone starts a company-owned vehicle equipped with a Walsh Wireless DataLogger, the employee's phone will automatically enter into safe driving mode.

Tags: distracted driving, Driver Safety, Walsh Wireless, ZoomSafer

WASHINGTON - States are aggressively pursuing solutions to distracted driving, according to a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA).

Tags: distracted driving, Driver Safety, Governors Highway Safety Association

WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Nearly 1 in 5 licensed drivers — roughly 38 million Americans — would not pass a written drivers test exam if taken today, according to the results of the 2010 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test.

Tags: DMV, Driver Safety, GMAC Insurance, survey

ARLINGTON, VA - A number of commercial fleets were recently recognized by the National Private Truck Council (NPTC) for continuing to elevate safety performance.

Tags: Dominion Virginia Power, Driver Safety, Frito-Lay, Land O' Lakes, National Private Truck Council

SAN DIEGO - Sysco Corporation has signed on to a 5-year commitment to deploy DriveCam's Driver Risk Management solution in its entire fleet of 9,000 vehicles.

Tags: accident management, DriveCam, Driver Safety, Sysco

DETROIT - The Fleet Action Center's incoming calls are manually tracked and categorized using four call prompts: incentives, fleet account number inquiries, order management and specifications, and service.

Tags: Driver Safety, General Motors

COLUMBIA, SC - An insurance company is paying nearly $5 million to settle the case of a woman who struck and killed two bicyclists in South Carolina while driving a company vehicle.

Tags: accident, cell phone, Driver Safety

EL SEGUNDO, CA - While car Internet access should only be used while vehicles are stopped to avoid distractions, iSuppli says in the long-term it could yield innovative new applications that enhance driver safety.

Tags: Driver Safety, Internet access, mobile application

AUBURN HILLS, MI - Effectively immediately, all Chrysler Group employees are prohibited from texting while driving in company-owned vehicles and texting with company-provided communication devices while driving personal vehicles.

Tags: Chrysler Group LLC, company policy, Driver Safety, DWT, texting while driving

REDWOOD SHORES, CA - The petroleum products distributor has seen a 66-percent reduction in risky driving behaviors since deploying the GreenRoad 360 service.

Tags: driver behavior, Driver Safety, GreenRoad, Tiger Fuel

SALT LAKE CITY - inthinc Technology Solutions offers a comprehensive system that changes driving behavior in real time to improve safety and fleet efficiency.

Tags: Driver Safety, inthinc Technology Solutions, Safety

ARLINGTON, VA - The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) recently sought out the impact of cell phone laws in changing patterns of driver cell phone use in New York, Connecticut, and the District of Columbia.

Tags: cell phone ban, Connecticut, distraction, District of Columbia, Driver Safety, IIHS, Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, New York

AUSTIN, TX – Commercial vehicles and large trucks in Texas would be required to give bicyclists and other vulnerable road users at least six feet of passing clearance under the "Safe Passing" bill, according to The Houston Chronicle.

Tags: bicyclists, commercial vehicles, Driver Safety, legislation, Safe Passing Bill, SB 488, Texas

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration now offers a commercial motor vehicle Web-based safety training program for both drivers and fleet safety managers responsible for driver training.

Tags: Driver Safety, Driver Training, FMCSA

ITASCA, IL – Corporate sales have been brisk for the National Safety Council's recently released Distracted Driving Resource Kit, which helps companies establish "no cell phone/safe driving policies."

Tags: cell phone use while driving, company drivers, corporate sales, Distracted Driving Resource Kit, Driver Safety, NSC