Fleet Beat

Fleet managers know that crashes happen. But being familiar with the different types of crashes, which kind is the most likely to result in injuries or fatalities, and the biggest risk factors for each is an important key in minimizing collisions in your fleet.

Many fleet managers tout safety as the top of their list of priorities. But how is “safety” measured? Ensuring that there are measurable, enforceable policies in place is essential to prioritizing fleet safety.

According to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), it “may issue a safety advisory to recommend corrective actions, inspections, conditions, limitations, or other actions to avoid or mitigate any hazards or risks to public transportation riders and employees.”

While collision avoidance systems have been on the market for years, proving effective at improving fleet safety, some fleet managers and drivers may still consider them mysterious pieces of technology under the hood or on their dashboards. So, what powers the collision avoidance technology tasked with keeping fleet drivers and other road users safer every day?

We know that collision avoidance technology is proven to help reduce collisions through real-time driver alerts. This is an example of proactive safety, or taking measures before an event happens, rather than reviewing after the fact.