How You Can Stop Your Driver Shortage
May 23, 2018
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With the ongoing shortage of experienced truck drivers, fleets need to think outside the box to find ways to recruit drivers.
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With the ongoing shortage of experienced truck drivers, fleets need to think outside the box to find ways to recruit drivers.
The third and final installment in a 3-part series, this blog details the costly mistake one company made by employing a driver with a suspended license and multiple violations.
The second installment in a 3-part series, this blog shows how even a robust driver self-reporting policy couldn’t save this employer from a guilty verdict and millions in damages.
The first, in a 3-part series, Fleet Liability Blog Series Part 1: Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle, examines a real life liability court case involving a negligent hiring, training, supervision and entrustment claim.
Enforcing a fleet safety program can’t be done in a vacuum. Fleet managers, along with fleet stakeholders–including HR, legal, and risk management departments–must develop a clear set of policies that are easily communicated and understood by drivers and other employees.
According to conventional wisdom, pulling a driver’s motor vehicle record (MVR) once a year is enough to identify risky drivers. In fact, it gives risky drivers a long grace period before discovery and unnecessarily raises the fleet’s risk profile and potential for a costly liability claim.
Technology is making fleets safer. Continuous MVR monitoring can alert fleet managers and company leadership to any driver with an elevated risk profile, allowing the behavior to be corrected before a more serious incident occurs.
Picture this scenario: It’s nearing the end of the work day and it has been a productive, but uneventful day — thank goodness — and
While annual MVR checks have long been the accepted best practice to monitor drivers, continuous MVR monitoring offers fleet managers an accurate, up-to-date window on the fleet’s risk profile, helping to cut costs and minimize liability.
Safety is one of the trucking industry’s most critical issues as it seeks to comply with tough new federal programs aimed at reducing crashes and improving safety records.