{"id":4693,"date":"2020-03-18T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T16:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=4693"},"modified":"2020-03-18T17:45:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T16:45:37","slug":"what-fleet-safety-policies-should-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2020\/03\/18\/what-fleet-safety-policies-should-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"What Fleet Safety Policies Should Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4694 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/cn192_online_01_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/cn192_online_01_0.jpg 340w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/cn192_online_01_0-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What Fleet Safety Policies Should Cover<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">There are\u00a0three components that make up\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.automotive-fleet.com\/347993\/changing-fleet-driver-behavior-to-create-a-corporate-safety-culture\">fleet safety<\/a>, which includes\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.automotive-fleet.com\/352688\/fleet-safety-starts-with-drivers\">drivers<\/a>, vehicles, and <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.automotive-fleet.com\/332477\/fleet-safetys-focus-on-policy-and-technology\">policy<\/a>.\u00a0The third component, fleet policy, should make some consideration\u00a0to fleet safety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Fleet policy must address several key elements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Who:\u00a0<\/strong>Which employee is assigned a company vehicle. Which hire candidates, and ongoing employees, are permitted to be assigned and operate a company provided vehicle.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>When:<\/strong> When is the employee permitted to drive the vehicle, i.e., personal use, business use, and for which expenses will the company pay.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What:\u00a0<\/strong>What vehicles will be assigned?\u00a0What makes, models, and equipment are approved?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Are there any limits to where a company vehicle may be operated, both for business and personal purposes?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0Why does a particular job function need a company provided vehicle?\u00a0What prevents the company from requiring an employee to use his\/her personal vehicle on company business?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How:<\/strong>\u00a0How is the vehicle acquired?\u00a0Maintained?\u00a0Repaired when necessary?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Beyond the above, and most importantly, there is fleet safety policy.\u00a0Safety policy generally covers several key elements of safe driving:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Seat belts:<\/strong> Company drivers are required to \u201cbuckle up\u201d whenever driving, and to require any passengers to do so as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mobile phones:<\/strong>\u00a0Drivers are never permitted to use mobile\/cell phones while driving, whether or not the phone is hands free.\u00a0 No calls, no texting, no internet usage.\u00a0The only exception might be the use of a navigation app, when the vehicle itself is not so equipped.\u00a0 And that is only when the route is searched and set up while the vehicle is parked.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Defensive driving:<\/strong>\u00a0Drivers are required to drive defensively, that is, to always assume other drivers will ignore traffic controls, and\/or make errors that will create dangerous situations.\u00a0 For example, when drivers are approaching an intersection that is not controlled in their direction, but controlled in the cross road, make certain that another driver will stop at the intersection before proceeding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Accidents:<\/strong>\u00a0All accidents are reviewed by a committee of stakeholders (HR, fleet, risk management, legal) to determine whether or not the driver is charged with responsibility (not necessarily fault, but chargeable per defensive driving techniques).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">These are the basics.\u00a0Another common, and important, element of fleet safety policy is a \u2018reward\/penalty\u2019 process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Drivers who <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.automotive-fleet.com\/347989\/how-driver-behavior-impacts-fuel-consumption\">drive safely<\/a> and have no violations or chargeable accidents within a specified period of time (a year, five years, ten years, etc.) are rewarded with recognition, a prize, or some combination of both.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Alternatively, drivers whose MVR shows violations, and\/or who have chargeable accidents are subject to sanctions which can range from a letter of warning all the way up to and including termination.\u00a0Various violations are often assigned points; the lowest being simple equipment violations such as a burned out blinker or headlight, or a process violation such as an expired registration or inspection sticker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">More serious moving violations can range from failure to signal, to tailgating, up to speeding and DUI.\u00a0The more points, and the more often a driver receives violations or is involved in chargeable accidents, the more severe the penalty.\u00a0Penalties for serious violations can involve suspension of personal use privileges, revocation of company car use, even termination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>by Bob Cavalli<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.automotive-fleet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.automotive-fleet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">FLEET MANAGEMENT AUDIT<\/h3>\n<p>Fleet management is the use of a set of vehicles in order to provide services to a third-party, or to perform a task for our organization, in the most efficient and productive manner with a determined level of service and cost.<\/p>\n<p>Fleet management activities are shown in the following graph 1:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1106 size-full\" title=\"fleet management activities\" src=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/grafico-AFMC-en.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/grafico-AFMC-en.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/grafico-AFMC-en-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/grafico-AFMC-en-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"fleet management activities\" width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Graph 1: fleet management activities<\/p>\n<p>The proposal audit analyses and assesses all fleet management activities shown in the graph 1, and its main goals are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Know the overall status of the fleet management activities<\/li>\n<li>Provide the analysis, the assessment, the advice, the suggestions and the actions to take in order to cut costs and increase the efficiency and efficacy of the fleet management\u00a0 activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the information obtained, we\u2019ll elaborate a report that holds the overall status of the fleet management as well as the suggestions, recommendations and the measures to take in order to cut costs and optimize the fleet management activities.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE PROPOSED FLEET MANAGEMENT AUDIT:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Fleet-Management-Audit-AFMC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fleet Management Audit AFMC<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Fleet Safety Policies Should Cover There are\u00a0three components that make up\u00a0fleet safety, which includes\u00a0drivers, vehicles, and policy.\u00a0The third component, fleet policy, should make some consideration\u00a0to fleet safety.\u00a0 Fleet policy must address several key elements: Who:\u00a0Which employee is assigned a company vehicle. 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