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Coach Your Drivers to Safety and Success, Part 4

Last week’s blog post focused on analytics and their impact on coaching and your safety culture. This week’s post provides tips you can use today and take to the bank tomorrow! Five Tips to Take Your Driver Improvement Program to the Next Level Make it Personal Get to know each driver personally (soft skill), not […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On June 3, 2019
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Coach Your Drivers to Safety and Success, Part 3

In our last blog post, we focused on the value of expert analysis and measurement in the coaching process. This week, we’ll focus on analytics and their role in coaching and impact on your safety culture. Advanced Analytics for Coaching A Managed Service program provides the information necessary to run an effective coaching program. There […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On May 28, 2019
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Coach Your Drivers to Safety and Success, Part 2

The Value of Expert Analysis and Measurement in the Coaching Process

In the last blog post, we discussed the importance of coaching and ensuring everyone is on the same page before starting the process. Once you start, it’s important to realize that triggering video is only the first step in the review process. Once a video is triggered, review by an expert analyst is a necessary […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On May 21, 2019
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Coach Your Drivers to Safety and Success, Part 1

From the youngest age, to the end of their careers, people are coached – babies learning to walk, school children mastering a new skill or professional athletes looking to better their game. Coaching is a way of life. Yet, at some point in time, many people feel that they don’t need to improve – or […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On May 13, 2019
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Safety is a Way of Life for Barbara Herman, NTTC Tank Truck Driver of the Year

Humble and proud, Barbara Herman doesn’t tell the world that she was recently named the first female winner of the National Tank Truck Carrier’s Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year Award. But, plenty of people are taking notice. In fact, when it’s pointed out that she’s a celebrity, her response is, “I’m not a […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On May 7, 2019
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Distracted Driving Awareness Month: 5 Reasons Gestures are Not the Way to Go for Road Safety

A recent piece in Electronic Design says the next improvement in road safety will be gesture control – a way for motorists of advanced cars to control their infotainment systems with hand gestures rather than fiddling with buttons – which, as the piece points out, can cause the driver to take their eyes off the road, albeit […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On April 23, 2019
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3G Networks Shutting Down Could Leave Fleet Technology Solutions Powerless

It’s time to join the 5G revolution. So we’ve been told. If you’ve seen the ads on television, providers are rolling out their 5G technology across the country, but trucking isn’t quite ready for 5G just yet. In fact, based on conversations, much of trucking is still not ready for 4G. Andy Leuthe, senior director […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On April 18, 2019
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Just Because You Can’t See it, Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Happening

Every day – every month, at least nine Americans die and 100 are injured in distracted driving crashes. April, Distracted Driving Awareness Month, is the best time to focus your efforts on reducing distractions in your fleet. Cell phones, dashboard touchscreens, voice commands and other in-vehicle technologies pose a threat to our safety. Are the consequences […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On March 31, 2019
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How the FlyWheel Concept Helps Propel This Award-Winning Fleet

Recently, Nussbaum Transportation was named Best Overall Fleet in the small carrier category in this year’s 2019 Best Fleets to Drive For. Nussbaum has been named a Best Fleet to Drive For numerous times, but this year they were named Best Overall Fleet. SmartDrive sat down with Jeremy Stickling, Vice President of Human Resources and […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On March 21, 2019
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Looking to Reduce Skyrocketing Insurance Premiums?

Our last blog post focused on extending video safety beyond exonerations – protecting cargo from damage, preventing freight and vehicle theft, and improving driver satisfaction and retention. But, one of the biggest impacts that a video safety program can provide fleets is a reduction in insurance premiums. As Jeff Reed, President of Skyline Transportation acknowledges, […]

Posted by Melissa.Senoff@smartdrive.net
On March 7, 2019
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