Sarah Cates has been director of safety at Defiant, Ohio-based Keller Trucking for only three years, but her success in totally transforming the company’s safety culture was a key factor in Heavy Duty Trucking's editors honoring her with the 2023 Safety & Compliance Award.
In October 2023, recalls were announced on vehicles from Mack Trucks, Autocar, and Paccar.
With a 49% increase in the number of truck-crash fatalities over the past decade, DOT-recordable accidents per million miles of travel is an important metric for fleets. In addition to that concern, fleet safety managers say their biggest challenges are staying up to date with regulatory changes and improving driver knowledge and skills.
Nauto said it is combining fleet safety, risk, and operations into one telematics platform that provides advanced risk detection and alerting, including for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists.
Preventing distracted driving should be a priority from the top down in any fleet. Safety leaders must rely on building relationships and coaching drivers rather than just depending on technology and policy enforcement. In short, fleets must get buy-in from drivers.
"Safety is everybody's responsibility," says Joshua Moore, an HDT 2023 Emerging Leader.
Convening at the Santa Clara Marriott Nov. 8-10, the combined conferences provide thought leadership and on-the-ground solutions on fleet safety and the future of fleet.
HDT’s 2023 Emerging Leaders bring new perspectives to improving safety, cutting costs, maximizing efficiency, retaining drivers, and more.
In September 2023, recalls were announced on vehicles from Mack Trucks, Wabash, and Paccar.
If innovation is a state of mind, then these transportation leaders have their heads in the game, says Deborah Lockridge in this commentary.
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