Jan 3, 2022 | Motor Vehicle Safety
Defensive Driving The standard Safe Practices for Motor Vehicle Operations, ANSI/ASSE Z15.1, defines defensive driving as “driving to save lives, time, and money, in spite of the conditions around you and the actions of others.” This definition is taken from the...
Apr 5, 2021 | Motor Vehicle Safety, Personal Safety, Safe Driving
Distracted Driving A quick text can equal a lifetime of regret. Keep your eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. FDOT describes distracted driving is any mental or physical activity that takes the driver’s focus off the task of driving. This includes distractions by...
Nov 2, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Safety, Safe Driving
Avoiding Collisions While Backing and Parking Backing, parking, and rolling into others is another classic example of the Risk Manager’s moto: “If it’s predictable, it’s preventable.” From 10-1-2015 to 9-21-2020, there were 87 of these type of claims, resulting in...
Aug 3, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Safety, Personal Safety, Safe Driving
Space and Time Management (Avoiding Rear-end Collisions) The rear-end collision is the most common type of automobile crash, accounting for approximately 29% of all crashes. (NHTSA, 2017) (Source:) In addition, almost 87% were caused from drivers not paying adequate...
Jul 1, 2020 | Motor Vehicle Safety
Vehicle Care and Maintenance Pre-Trip Inspections for Non-DOT Vehicles Pre-Trip inspection (PTI) of NON-DOT fleet vehicles is often an overlooked task, that is very important to maintain vehicle and driver safety on the roadway. This is extremely important when...
Dec 9, 2019 | Motor Vehicle Safety, Safe Driving
Motor Vehicle Lane Changing Accidents. It’s not as simple as it seems Cut-in maneuvers, Side swipes, Side-sweeps, Swoop & squats. All lane changing maneuvers by different names. Lane change maneuvers are common on the road, but studies have shown that lane...
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