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Items Tagged with 'vehicle safety'

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Kids in car
A FairWarning Story

Safety advocates assail lack of federal action on weak vehicle seats

Eli Wolfe
September 21, 2020

While relatively rare, seatback failures have been injuring and killing people for decades. According to one estimate, roughly 50 children have been killed each year since 2001 in rear-end crashes, and experts say that some of those fatalities were likely from front seats collapsing backwards.  


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DrivingDynamics

Driving Dynamics restarts behind-the-wheel program with virtual options, non-contact measures

June 3, 2020

After temporarily suspending its flagship DriveReady Advantage™ open enrollment program to avoid health exposure related to the COVID-19 crisis, the company has introduced additional social distancing components to continue providing fleets with essential driver safety training.


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crossing the street
Editor's Letter

Crossing a street… Incidents are so random sometimes

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Dave Johnson
September 12, 2019
At 10:30 in the morning the avenue is not busy. Rush hour has passed. The light changed, I got the pedestrian right of way signal, and started to casually walk to the island in the middle of the road. A line of cars and trucks waited at the intersection to turn left onto the avenue once pedestrians were all clear. I saw an SUV or pickup, I can’t recall, beginning to make its turn early – heading straight at me.
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Safety tips for cyclists and pedestrians
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Safety tips for pedestrians and cyclists

The statistics
August 5, 2019

At some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian. While pedestrian fatalities remain high, there was a 1.7% decrease in the number of pedestrians killed in traffic crashes in 2017, totaling 5,977 deaths, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.


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New York City doubles down on traffic fatalities & injuries

New York City doubles down on traffic fatalities & injuries

Meeting the promise of “Vision Zero”
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Dave Johnson
August 1, 2019

Since 2014, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has set a goal, or more specifically a “vision,” that traffic deaths and injuries on city streets is, in his words, “not acceptable and… serious crashes will no longer (be regarded) as inevitable. We won’t accept this any longer.”


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Road safety culture can be complacent

Road safety culture can be complacent

Is everyone buckled up?
Kello
Dr John Kello
March 20, 2019

In these days and times, knowing what we know, with most cars buzzing or beeping until the seat belt is fastened, why on earth would anyone choose to drive or ride without the obvious and easy protection that safety belts provide?


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driver training benefits, reduce your liability

Reap driver training benefits

Keep people safe – and reduce your liability
Mark Murrell
December 20, 2018
The worst time to realize your fleet’s safety program doesn’t measure up is when you’re answering questions in court, or at a deposition. Yet, even the best companies can find themselves in that uncomfortable position. If they do, it’s a sure bet the fleet’s own safety training program is where plaintiffs’ attorneys will look.
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Distracted driving awareness isn't enough

Distracted driving: awareness isn’t enough

Many drivers know the dangers and take risks anyway
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Dave Johnson
June 1, 2018
Most fear that distracted driving is getting worse. Drivers who report using a cellphone behind the wheel has jumped 46 percent since 2013, and almost half (49 percent) of all drivers report recently talking on a hand-held phone while driving, and nearly 35 percent have sent a text or email.
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Pedestrian Safety

Learning a lesson about pedestrian safety

A walk on the wild side
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Dave Johnson
April 16, 2018

I’ve never given much thought to pedestrian safety because I’ve never been in harm’s way or seen pedestrians at risk. That’s until two months ago. In February I attended a conference in Houston.


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autonomous vehicle

Lessons from a semi-driverless vehicle

You can get numb to tech warnings & stimuli
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Dave Johnson
October 12, 2017

Not long ago I bought a new car. It had been a while. While I was on the sidelines, the auto industry has been experiencing unprecedented transformation. One researcher claims there will be ten million self-driving cars on the road by 2020, with one in four cars being self-driving by 2030.


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