Fleet Safety 101
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of these two outcomes for people of all ages.
What are death and injury? What is a Fleet Safety Plan?
Virtual training etiquette requires you to position yourself within this specific area.
What is the camera’s view
This specific "rule" is taught as a key concept for space management and maintaining following distance.
What is the three-second rule?
Defensive driving includes learning effective methods for these three basic maneuvers.
What are braking, steering, and maneuvering
These costs, such as workers' compensation and insurance premiums, are the most obvious after an accident.
What are direct costs?
Every company operating a fleet of vehicles is required to develop and implement this type of plan
What is a Fleet Safety Plan
According to the Shared Learning Agreement, you should build these with your fellow trainees.
What are relationships?
Defensive driving goes beyond the bare minimum of the law; however, you should stay current on these three levels of laws and regulations.
What are Federal, State, and Local
These are the two specific Breezeline fleet vehicles mentioned that require regular inspections.
What are the Service Van and Bucket Truck
These types of uninsurable costs are often more numerous and expensive than direct costs.
What are indirect costs?
One of the primary goals of the Fleet Safety Program is to protect the organization’s human and these types of resources.
What are financial resources
This objective encourages drivers to adjust their mindset to be patient, courteous, and respectful
What is Attitude Adjustment?
This visual technique involves scanning the road to identify potential threats early.
What is Visual Search and Perception
Defensive drivers must use these effectively to maintain awareness of the space around their vehicle.
What are mirrors
The ratio of indirect costs to direct costs can be as high as this.
What is 20:1?
A safety program guards against potential company liabilities and these types of liabilities for the employee.
What are personal liabilities?
Drivers must learn to manage this physical state to prevent it from negatively impacting driving performance.
What is fatigue?
Understanding how to respond to accident scenes and breakdowns is covered under this learning objective.
What is Incident Response?
Drivers must ensure they know how to properly secure these two things before transit.
What are cargo and equipment
The magnitude of indirect costs is related in this way to the seriousness of the injury.
What is inversely? (Less serious injuries have higher ratios of indirect costs)
Training in fleet safety empowers employees to save lives and reduce the risk of these types of injuries.
What are life-altering injuries?
To maintain focus, drivers must recognize the dangers of this and adopt strategies to minimize it.
What is distracted driving?
Adjusting your speed according to traffic flow and road variables is known as this.
What is Speed Management
This specific handling skill aims to reduce the time it takes to respond to emergency situations.
What is Reaction Time Improvement
Examples of these costs include training replacement workers, OSHA fines, and loss of goodwill.
What are indirect costs?