Next month, Operation Safe Driver Week will take place, but the goals of this event should be a 52-weeks-a-year endeavor for all fleets. “Last year, law enforcement officers issued approximately 21,000 warnings and citations. Nearly 12,000 of those citations were given to drivers of commercial vehicles.” These troubling stats were […]
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If you wait for the first cold snap to winterize your fleet, you’re going to be too late. Be prepared! That may be the Boy Scouts motto, but it’s a motto that all businesses should live by. There are always instances that are unknowable, of course, but one thing those […]
The latest Brake Safety Day blitz inspections had good results, but just “good” isn’t good enough when it comes to brake safety. In her recent IdeaXchnage blog, Jane Clark, Vice President of Member Services for NationaLease discussed the latest Brake Safety Day results. The good news: 79 percent of vehicles […]
No matter how careful you and your maintenance team are, accidents can still happen. Knowing what to do if they occur can help avoid maintenance provider liability. Businesses of every nature are always looking for ways to reduce risk: financial, regulatory, and physical. When it comes to fleets, the risk […]
Fleets have been preparing their vehicles for the ELD Mandate which is to go into effect on December 18, 2017, but recent actions by members of Congress are causing confusion. Although there are still a wide range of questions and concerns regarding the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) HOS […]
No one would expect a service shop to pass the “white glove” test; that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be as orderly and clean as possible. The premise of this IdeaXchange blog, “Neatness counts in the shop,” by Jane Clark, Vice President of Member Services for NationaLease, may seem obvious; yet […]
NationaLease held its second annual Human Resources Summit on July 10-11 at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville. Jane Clark, Vice President of Member Services for NationaLease, welcomed the attendees, then introduced this year’s meeting chairman, Steve Tyner, Vice President of Human Resources with Conway Beam NationaLease. Steve started the meeting […]
There’s a great deal you can learn from CSA roadside inspections data; how you use it can improve your maintenance and repair operations. Safety is at the core of the trucking industry, so finding ways to make our vehicles safer is something we should encourage, even if the information comes […]