NETSTalk Now: Driving Change

The American Automobile Association (AAA) has estimated that 1 in 5 traffic fatalities in the US involves driver fatigue and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that fatigue is the probable cause of 40% of recent highway crash investigations, alarming statistics that should concern anyone on the road. What started as research into oil and gas industry fatalities specifically, Kyla Hagan-Haynes discovered so many of these fatalities were due to driver fatigue crashes, which are fully preventable when we understand the effects and impacts of fatigue on the safety of fleet drivers and take actions to mitigate this driver risk. With more than 20 years experience in public health and 12 years in the space of occupational motor vehicle safety space, Kyla's passion is now applying both her analysis and the oil and gas industry best practices across other industries that could also benefit from driver fatigue management.Resources from this episode: Managing fatigue for the fleet safety professional guide by the Network of Employers for Traffic SafetyInternational Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) fatigue management document

AlertDriving takes a simple, yet highly sophisticated approach to fleet safety to proactively improve driver behavior. Joined by Gerry Martin, Chief Executive Officer of AlertDriving, we are taken on a journey of how to be in the moment, seek to know details and understand the inner workings of fact based analysis as relates to driver safety.Click here to learn more about Alert Driving and their products. Interested in a demo? Click here!If you have additional questions about driver ecosystems, you may contact Mark Andrews at mark.andrews@alertdriving.com

As the traffic fatality rate has increased 20% from 2019 to 2021, Greg Byrne, Senior Consultant at Nationwide discusses the trends in fleet safety affecting commercial auto insurance and what companies can do to mitigate fleet risks. Resources: Click here to learn more about the Kiefer FoundationMyCarDoesWhat.org

ESG initiatives as they relate to road safety are good for business, good for employees, and good for society. Brought to you by eDriving, Andy Bradley, eDriving's Risk Management Guru and Former Head of Group Risk Services, Nestle and CEO of Intercone Re., discusses initiatives that will increase stakeholder buy-in and work towards achieving the lofty targets of the United Nations' Decade of Action for Road Safety.Want to learn more? Click here to learn more about the Global Road Safety PartnershipClick here to learn more about eDriving, the global digital driver risk management gurusClick here to view the Benchmarking global road safety: a private-public best practice to improve road safety webinar

With nearly half of all industrial accidents with injuries being alcohol-related and 1-in-10 U.S. commercial drivers testing positive for alcohol (the highest rate worldwide), Michael Watson joins the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety to discuss how SOBRsafe™ has developed a proprietary, touch-based solution to this problem. From employee retention, reduced insurance costs and most importantly, saving lives, SOBRsafe™ is truly creating a culture of prevention to remove alcohol risk from our roadways and workplaces. Click here to learn more about SOBRsafe™ or you can reach out to Michael directly at michael.watson@sobrsafe.com.

Impaired driving and alcohol use has increased throughout the pandemic, with statistics showing a startling reversal of the decrease previously seen in impaired driving fatalities. Furthermore, with the increased use of recreational cannabis, what is the impact of that on impaired driving and the impact for employers with employees who consume those substances.Joined by Darrin Grondel, Vice President of Traffic Safety and Government Relations at The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, learn about what employers and fleet managers can do to address impaired driving. From his early career with the Washington State Patrol through to his national leadership on the executive committee of the Governors Highway Safety Association, Dr. Grondel has contributed to numerous national projects related to drug-impaired driving, autonomous vehicles, and national strategic efforts to reduce traffic fatalities to zero.Click here to learn about The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, including access to their National Drunk Driving Statistics Map by State. Click here to learn about the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving, including access to their State-by-State map of impaired driving laws, including cannabis specific laws. For Employer policies and procedures, check out The National Safety Council for Safety Training, Workplace Safety and Roadway Safety resources, and the soon to be released Leadership Road Safety Playbook by NETS.

A 1995 bus crash in Turkey changed the trajectory of Rochelle Sobel's life, who would become the founder and President of the Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT), a nonprofit organization that promotes road travel safety throughout the world via education and advocacy. Rochelle discusses how road crashes are both predictable and preventable, diving into the number of factors that contribute to road crashes, from poor road infrastructure and management, non-road worthy vehicles, unenforced or non-existent traffic laws and more. ---------------------------This episode is dedicated to the life and memory of Aron Sobel.

Join us as we discover how a roadside accident as an EMT began Ryan McMahon's journey of now saving lives using the power of mobile telematics.As the world's largest telematics service provider, Cambridge Mobile Telematics uses AI and machine learning to achieve their goal change driver behavior on a global scale to make drivers, passengers and roads safer. Ryan shares with us his insights into how they are continuously working towards this goal.More information about Cambridge Mobile Telematics can be found by clicking here. For additional information about how CMT's AI-driven telematics platform works, click here.

There is one thing everyone worldwide has in common - road trauma. Joined by Rob McInerney, CEO of the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), we learn how lives can be saved on an exponential level using the iRAP Star Rating and other programs RESOURCES• Star Ratings• Star Ratings for Schools• Vaccines for Roads• To access additional IRAP Resources, click here