Road Safety Library
A collection of resources, whitepapers, and road safety references from BrightFleet and from around the internet
“Everybody Drives” eBook for HR Professionals
“Understanding Negligent Entrustment Issues When Employees Drive on Company Time,” describes the liability that lies in entrusting employees to drive on company business and ways in which managers can work to mitigate the threat of exposure to their company’s financial health and reputation.
15 Passenger Van Whitepaper
“15-Passenger Van Safety White Paper” is intended to assist fleet and risk managers and CFOs in understanding the relationship between company and driver and ways in which they can protect their assets – both financial and human.
Understanding Negligent Entrustment
“Understanding Negligent Entrustment Issues When Employees Drive on Company Time,” describes the liability that lies in entrusting employees to drive on company business and ways in which managers can work to mitigate the threat of exposure to their company’s financial health and reputation.
Additional Safety Related References
Tesla On The Verge Of A “Formal Investigation” By The NHTSA
Source: Bloomberg Freshly disclosed records suggest the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may be preparing a formal investigation into Tesla Inc.’s driver-assistance system Autopilot, a former agency official said. The agency has issued at least five...
Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay a Mileage Tax?
In many countries the revenue from gasoline taxes is used to fund highways and other transportation infrastructure. As the number of electric vehicles on the road increases, this raises questions about the effectiveness and equity of this financing mechanism. In this...
Evaluating Behaviour Change Communication Campaigns in Health and Safety: A Literature Review
This literature review examined selected international research, published from 2010 to the present, to investigate how six fields other than road safety (i.e. healthy eating/physical activity, smoking, alcohol and drug use, workplace health and safety, suicide and...
The Relationship Between Self-Reported and Actual Driving-Related Behaviours: A Literature Review
Self-report approaches include questionnaires, interviews, focus groups and driver diaries. They are relatively inexpensive, provide detailed information and can reach large numbers of people. However, it is unclear to what extent they validly measure actual...
Affidavit: Driver involved in deadly I-70 crash was driving erratically, going more than 80 mph
Source: TheDenverChannel.com, April 29, 2019GOLDEN, Colo. – The driver of a semi going eastbound on I-70 near Colorado Mills Parkway hit speeds upward of 85 miles per hour before causing a deadly and fiery crash that left four people dead and many others...
Updated Estimates of the Relationship Between the Business Cycle and Traffic Fatalities
The global recession has ended, and economic growth has returned to many OECD-countries. In some countries, for example the United States, the number of traffic fatalities has increased in recent years RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES (EXCERPT)...
Pedestrian Safety Video – Suddenly Things Change
Everyone is a pedestrian at some point. Every time you leave your house, walk into a store, cross the street with your child, go for a jog or walk through a park, you are a pedestrian. https://vimeo.com/315458052 While fatalities from traffic crashes have decreased...
Development of Roundabout Crash Prediction Models and Methods
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 888: Development of Roundabout Crash Prediction Models and Methods provides crash prediction models that quantify the expected safety performance of roundabouts for motorized and non-motorized...