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“Safety comes first.” It is one of the most familiar promises in fleet operations. But that promise is tested when safety conflicts with deadlines, delivery targets, customer expectations, and productivity...
Picture a driver finishing a particularly difficult shift in heavy traffic, a tight delivery window, and weather that made everything harder. No harsh braking events. No distracted-driving flags. No complaints...
Mark Lukenbill is the Head of Commercial Operations for MileMaker, the commercial mileage and routing technology that powers Rand McNally. He grew up riding along with truck driver uncles across...
Kenny Planeta is a third-generation trucking insurance broker with 21 years of experience working exclusively in commercial trucking risk. He grew up inside the industry. His grandfather started the business...
The Moment Nothing Happens. There is a version of this story that happens thousands of times a day. A driver reaches for their phone at a red light. The light...
Why the small ones add up faster than most fleets think A driver backs into a pole. No one is hurt. The van still runs. The customer still gets...
Derek Legg is a Commercial Insurance Advisor at Levitt Group of Colorado, specializing in high-exposure industries including contractors, landscapers, electrical services, towing companies, and service fleets running 10 to 50...
A fleet safety manager reviews a speeding alert from a long-haul driver. The violation is clear, and the driver needs coaching. But when they discuss the incident, two different perspectives emerge. The manager sees an unsafe decision, while the driver points to a delayed loading appointment, worsening traffic, and pressure to meet a delivery deadline. […]
A fleet safety dashboard may display hundreds of detected events, completed reviews, and a decline in risky driving alerts. For safety directors overseeing thousands of hours of footage, these metrics can suggest the technology is effective. However, dashboards cannot reveal risks the system fails to recognize. For instance, a driver flagged for harsh braking may […]
A trucking company may have a strong federal safety rating, a good delivery record, and a solid relationship with a freight broker. However, when something goes wrong, these credentials might not be enough to determine who managed the risk. This question is central to a major legal case involving freight broker C.H. Robinson. Overdrive reported […]
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