The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has just released its “Most Wanted” list of transportation safety improvements for 2019 – 2020. While there are no big surprises topping the list, there are some safety improvements that could go a long way toward saving lives if accidents do occur while also limiting the number of accidents that happen on the roads today.
Among the top items on the list are the following:
- Eliminate driver distractions.
- Ensure safer shipment of hazardous materials.
- End impairment related from drugs, alcohol, and other substances.
- Implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce or crashes resulting from speeding.
- Reduce fatigue-related traffic accidents.
- Make collision avoidance technologies more widely available in motor vehicles with the eventual goal of including it in all new vehicles.
- Make stronger efforts to improve occupant protection protocols in vehicles.
- Require professional drivers to screen for and treat obstructive sleep apnea.
GPS Tracking for Town Car Service Companies
4 Mar 2019As a town Car service company, you provide invaluable convenience to the customers you serve. Your services offers more than four wheels and a ride. Patrons could get that from ride sharing or local taxis.
Instead, you provide a certain element of luxury, sophistication, style, and service that is a cut above what others offer, and for which having advanced technology can help give you a leg up on your competition.
Town Car services meet a wide range of transportation needs and do so discretely, offering a wide range of services including:
- Airport transportation services
- Point to point driving services
- By-the-hour driving services
- Wedding transportation
- Wine tastings and tours
- Corporate travel transportation
- Party tour transportation
- Special event driving services
If you handle a Town Car service that handles any or all of these types of transportation, then you need GPS fleet tracking for your cars. These are a few of the reasons why.
NICB Releases Three Year Snowmobile Theft Report
28 Feb 2019The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) released its first-ever report on snowmobile thefts in the U.S. on February 5, 2019. While, perhaps, not as widespread as thefts related to other types of vehicles, snowmobile thefts can prove particularly impactful in areas of the country where it is difficult to get around during certain times of year without one.
The report reveals some stark information concerning snowmobile thefts, including the fact that 32 of 50 states reported having at least one snowmobile stolen during the three year reporting period. Minnesota reported the greatest prevalence of snowmobile thefts at 314 which Michigan with 207, Wisconsin with 129, Alaska with 128, and Washington with 109 thefts rounding out the top five.
One surprising fact is that while there were many stolen while owners left their snowmobiles unattended while in use. The majority were stolen from trailers, either while in transit to trails or when stored on trailers outside homes.
The sad news for snowmobile owners, whether intending their snowmobiles for joy riding or more practical purposes, is that only 57 percent of snowmobiles are recovered after being stolen.
