Misty weather is some of the most difficult to drive in. After all, it can shrink your visibility to one quarter of a mile or even less—that means you’re often barely able to see what’s happening directly in front of your car.
Safety
Driving in a lightning storm
Humidity can bring on thunderstorms with little or no warning. So now that’s it peak summertime, it’s a good time to remind your drivers how to stay safe if they find themselves on the road during a potentially hazardous electrical storm.
How to drive defensively
About 90% of all traffic collisions are caused by driver error, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, and accidents often occur due to aggressive drivers. The best way to avoid an accident is to drive defensively.
How to manage drowsy fleet drivers
A survey of close to 150,000 adults in 19 states and the District of Columbia found that nearly 4% of respondents reported they had fallen asleep while driving at least once in the previous 30 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Red-light-running fatalities increase 17% in four years
As red light camera programs in communities across the nation have declined, deaths in red-light-running crashes increased from 696 in 2012 to 811 in 2016 — representing a 17% increase according to an Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) analysis.
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