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Our senior editor and fleet expert, Mike Antich, offers opinions and ideas on the Fleet Market Trends. Mike’s highly-read Blog, focuses on the overall fleet industry and draws interesting comments from construction fleet managers and other industry professionals from across the country.
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Do You Know What Your Drivers Are Really Doing?

August 20, 2010

Do you really know who is driving your company-provided vehicles? Often the "at-work" persona of an employee is not the true indicator of their behavior when no one is watching. Recently, someone forwarded me a link to a chat room for pharmaceutical reps. I did a search of posts that included the phrase "company car" and, in short order, I was shocked at some of the comments written about their use of company cars and how drivers play "the system" to their advantage.

Tags: Antich, company vehicle, driver safety, personal use, reimbursement

Author: Mike Antich | Posted @ Friday, August 20, 2010 7:54 AM | » Comments(7)

The Danger of Using Car GPS by Fleet Truck Drivers

April 12, 2010

Increasingly, drivers are relying on personal GPS devices for route directions; however, this can be potentially dangerous and expensive for truck fleets. A car GPS device maps out the quickest and shortest routes, but doesn't identify truck-restricted routes or roads with weight, height, and hazardous cargo restrictions.

Tags: driver safety, GPS, truck fleet

Author: Mike Antich | Posted @ Monday, April 12, 2010 3:27 PM | » Comments(-7)

Ban Texting While Driving, But Beware of Inadvertent Consequences

October 13, 2009

The popularity of texting has skyrocketed over the past four years. All agree that texting and driving are incompatible. However, a texting ban could have unintended consequences of interfering with productivity devices business drivers and truckers rely on. There are numerous ramifications to overzealous prohibitions on the use of on-board electronic communications that potentially may be counter-productive to driver safety. Let's target unsafe driving behavior, not on-board productivity tools.

Tags: cell phone use, distracted driving, driver safety, texting

Author: Mike Antich | Posted @ Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:48 AM | » Comments(-2)

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Mike Antich

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Mike Antich has been covering the fleet management and vehicle remarketing markets for more than 20 years. During this period, Mike has written or edited more than 4,600 articles on the subjects of fleet management, manufacturer fleet activities, the fleet leasing industry, and vehicle remarketing. He was inducted in the Fleet Hall of Fame in 2010.

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