Speeding, running stop signs, tailgating, cussing, gesticulating; you don’t have to go very far down the road to see that courtesy among drivers is lacking. Unfortunately, our roadways — from interstate highways to rural routes — are overwhelmed with aggressive driving and road rage.
Continue reading “Aggressive driving and road rage — how to avoid them”Getting your vehicle insured is a matter that may, sometimes, be quite troublesome for some vehicle owners. This mainly happens due to the complexity that goes with car insurance, in general. There are various factors that may affect the way an insurance policy is rated. In this article, we will go through some of the most important ones; and we will also give you some hints on what you can do to try and lower your car insurance rates.
Continue reading “How to lower your car insurance rates: Tips and strategies”The time has come to sell an older vehicle from your fleet. During this process, you will probably be thinking about its warranty — among other tricky things. That is to say, whether you can transfer the factory warranty to the new owner, or not.
Continue reading “Fleet vehicles — can you transfer the factory warranty?”As much as autos help us and make our lives easier, accidents are one of the main death causes, all over the world. We need to minimize or prevent car accidents and related deaths and injuries. To that end, all drivers must be cautious and respect driving laws and regulations, other drivers and pedestrians.
Continue reading “How to prevent car accidents: Tips and Tricks”Admit it. There was a time that you weren’t yourself behind the wheel — and possibly exposed to the dangers of aggressive driving. You had your reasons for sure: you were late for something, or some other aggressive driver got in your face. You were stressed, frustrated, impatient, annoyed, afraid. Whatever the reason, you were driving. In a bad mood.
Continue reading “5 dangers of aggressive driving”When it comes to buying a vehicle for your business, you will eventually come up to a fork in the road. That is to say, you will be prompted to consider two options; buying a used or a new fleet vehicle.
Continue reading “Is it better to buy a used or a new fleet vehicle?”Owning and managing a fleet involves many different activities. As a result, when the time comes for fleet owners and managers to prepare and submit their tax returns, a very common phenomenon is seeing some of them fail to include the sum of expenses that could contribute towards greater tax deductions. So, we’ve tried to put together a list of some of the most commonly missed tax deductions for fleet owners.
Continue reading “Tax deductions for fleet owners”Worried about workplace safety? Then taking all the necessary precautions to ensure your personnel’s safety is of paramount importance. And that is much more important when your people are, most of the time, out on the road. Fleet safety should be your top priority; and certified defensive driving programs can help in that direction.
Continue reading “Fleet safety: State certified defensive driving programs”There is no doubt that cars — and all types of vehicles, for that matter — as well as the act of driving, are intimately connected to our sense of self; our identity, beliefs, values, aspirations and, ultimately, our sense of “interconnectedness”. In the US, automobiles and driving have always been points of reference for the American Dream; playing their part in the right for freedom, self-realization, individualism, and the opportunity for prosperity and progress. But, what happens when drivers fail to address important factors, such as demeanor, focus and even common sense, resulting in careless or reckless driving?
Continue reading “Careless and reckless driving and how to avoid them”When it comes to distribution of goods, then, undoubtedly, the most critical part of the whole process is the last mile supply chain. And that’s because it’s the last link in a sequence of activities; one that completes the whole process of delivery. To put it another way, without fulfilling that dispatch to the final recipient, the process fails to come to fruition.
Continue reading “What does the last mile supply chain look like?”
