• Fleet management
  • Support
  • About
  • Jobs
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • more
Login to WEBFLEET
wfs abc
  • Products
  • Solutions
  • Industries
  • Partners
Call sales
011 923 7590
Get a demo
wfs abc
Blog
  • Overview
  • Cost reduction
  • Driver management
  • Safety
  • more
Get a demo
Jump to content
wfs abc white

At Webfleet Solutions, we’re all about helping you get around. That’s why we use cookies to improve our sites, to offer information based on your interests and to interact with social media.

Jump to content

To improve your webfleet.com site experience at any time click here.

Jump to content

Cookie preferences

Direct marketing cookies and settings on Webfleet Solutions


About cookies

What are cookies?

A cookie is a text file placed on your computer, mobile device or device connected to your computer.

What kind of cookies are there?

There are different types of cookies. Functional cookies are placed to ensure that the website is function­ating properly.

Aside from the functional cookies, there are cookies to give you a more relevant web experience and serve relevant advert­ise­ments. In the cookiesetting above you can switch on/off cookies and settings which we use to make our content or advert­isement more relevant for you. More information on these cookies and settings can find below.

Functional cookies

Webfleet Solutions websites and services need to be able to store and retrieve information to provide you with the service or information you asked for. For example your language setting and username for login in. This is done through functional cookies. This storage and retrieval of information only happens when you use such a service. As these cookies are needed for a well function­ating website and to deliver the service they will placed on your device. Further we use site analytic cookies. We use Google Analytics, Google Optimize, Hotjar and Google Tag Manager to collect site analytics to constantly improve our website.

Person­al­iz­ation & advert­isement cookies and settings

When you are visiting our website or see our advert­ise­ments, we would like to give you a more relevant, person­alized experience. In order to do this, we use person­al­iz­ation & advert­isement cookies and settings. With these cookies we collect information about your interest and use this information to give you a more person­alized experience. We use the following cookies and settings:

  • Adwords: To offer you relevant advert­isement when you use the Google search engine or exclude you from seeing Webfleet Solutions advert­isement in Google.
  • Doubleclick: To offer you relevant advert­isement on webfleet.com or on external websites. Doubleclick is owned by Google. Here’s a link to their privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
  • Facebook: To offer you relevant advert­isement on Facebook, we use a Facebook cookie. This cookie is also placed when you have no Facebook account. By sharing your interest to Facebook we are able to offer you more relevant advert­ise­ments.
  • Bluekai: To offer you relevant advert­isement in the Bluekai network.
  • Bing: To offer you relevant advert­isement when you use the Bing search engine or exclude you from seeing Webfleet Solutions advert­isement in Bing.
  • Linkedin: To offer you relevant advert­isement at Linkedin or exclude you from seeing Webfleet Solutions advert­ise­ments on Linkedin. Webfleet Solutions also uses LinkedIn Analytics to gather user information in connection with our advert­ise­ments shown to you via Linkedin. We receive general Linkedin data about users who have seen our advert­isement such as details about Industry, Job Role, Region and Company size. Together with the cookie information we use this data to measure the effect­iveness of our online campaigns. If you visit Webfleet Solutions websites after you have clicked on our advert­isement, we see your interaction with our advert­ise­ments and use that information for performance measure­ments and improvement of our websites. This data is also sent to Linkedin and its affiliates to help them to understand the performance of our advert­ise­ments (e.g. downloaded a white paper or filled a contact form on the Webfleet Solutions site).
  • Pardot & Salesforce: To understand what our Business customers are interested in when visiting our website. With this information we can give our Business customers more relevant information.
  • Lead Forensics: We would like to follow up Business visitors who visited our Telematics website. To do this, the company address of the Business visitor is derived from the IP address by Lead Forensics. We use this information and the products they viewed on our Telematics website for marketing and sales purposes.

If you do not want these cookies or settings to be placed, just simply untick the cookie setting above and save your settings.

Does Webfleet Solutions use any other techno­logies than cookies?

Cookies are the main method used but sometimes information is stored and retrieved using other techno­logies, such as file transfer and Web API’s (Web Application Programming Interfaces) e.g. when you attach a Webfleet Solutions device to your computer.

Jump to content
untranslated

BUY 6, GET 7 OR RENT 9, GET 10

Cut costs, boost efficiency and increase safety with visibility on your fleet. Take advantage of our LINK 340 offer and track your assets in real time.

Request offer
Jump to content
wfs cutting costs in professional services whitepaper

How can you cut costs for your fleet?

wfs cutting costs in professional services whitepaper

Download the eBook today and find out how to get your fleet running costs under control.

Learn more
Jump to content

From October 1st 2020, please do not download or use any documents with a TomTom Telematics reference!

We are excited to inform you that a brand new Partner Portal will be launched in the upcoming weeks where only most recent, updated files will be available.

Jump to content
wfs cutton transport fleet costs whitepaper

Free eBook

wfs cutton transport fleet costs whitepaper

How can you cut your transport fleet costs?

Download eBook now

The most dangerous driving jobs

2018-10-12 by dwilson

 

The most dangerous driving jobs

 

When operating a business fleet, driver safety is high on the agenda.

 

Driving holds a number of risks and when up to 40 per cent of road accidents in the EU have been found to be work-related¹, it is imperative that fleet operators manage and mitigate potential dangers.

Employing driver monitoring tools can help employees to drive more efficiently, enabling to reduce the risk for both themselves and others out on the road while leading to potential cost savings.

 

However, there are times when the dangers go beyond the use of telematics. In this blog we look at seven of the toughest driving jobs from around the world. 

¹ http://etsc.eu/up-to-40-of-road-deaths-in-europe-are-work-related/

War zone truck driver

 

Part of America’s ‘shadow army’, private contractors navigate war-torn countries in their trucks to deliver items such as food and supplies out to military bases.

 

Drivers have to be constantly aware of their surroundings, keeping an eye out for potential booby traps or IEDs and can often find themselves facing ambushes unarmed.

 

With an $80,000 annual salary, they are part of the world’s highest paid truck drivers but the risks are extremely high – more than 600 civilians hired by American companies have been killed during the Iraq War.

 

Sources: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5431088

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/contractors-in-iraq-are-targets-for-attack/

 

Top Fuel dragster driver

 

Top Fuel dragsters are the quickest accelerating vehicles in the world, capable of hitting 335 miles per hour and reaching 100 miles per hour in just 0.8 seconds.

 

At one race track in the UK, it is someone’s job to take visitors for a seven-second ride in a Top Fuel dragster at 170 miles per hour before deploying a parachute to slow down.

 

Many top racers have retired due to negative G-force causing detached retinas, so doing it daily for your job can put you at an increased risk.

 

Sources: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/motoring/performance-driving/11926487/hardest-driving-jobs.html

http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2001/08/22/Local-racing-Top-fuel-dragsters-face-unique-problems.html

http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/bear-witness-to-the-violent-fury-of-a-top-fuel-dragster-1758497674

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Fuel

 

Train driver in Peru

 

It’s not only the road where driving can be tough. Train drivers across the world often face difficult situations too.

 

In Peru, trains travel up and down the Andes to the mines at Cerro de Pasco, 4,330 metres above sea level.

 

As imagined, the climb up is a slow one but the descent is where it becomes dangerous. Signals and safety barriers are few and far between on the railway tracks and one mistake by the driver could cause the train to derail and fall off the cliff.

 

Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16928711

 

Ice road truck driver

 

Mines in northern Canada operate all year round and the most cost-effective way to get necessities to workers is by truck.

 

But the weather conditions can be brutal. Drivers are met with temperatures of up to -50 degrees Celsius, making hypothermia a very real threat. They also have to navigate over frozen water, such as lakes and rivers, to reach their destination – some drivers have even heard the ice cracking under them! 

 

The trick is to stay on the move at a slow speed. Ice can hold a 100,000-pound truck when it is moving, yet only around 60,000 pounds of weight when the truck is stationary. If the vehicle stops, it could spell serious danger for the driver and truck’s contents.

 

Sources: http://www.truckdriverssalary.com/ice-road-trucker-salary/

https://www.todaystrucking.com/in-print-on-thick-ice-inside-the-real-world-of-ice-road-trucking

http://www.smart-trucking.com/ice-road-trucking-jobs.html

 

Jeepney driver in Manila

 

In the capital of the Philippines, jeepneys are the buses taking people to school and work.

 

However, drivers often have to work extremely long hours just to earn a small amount of money, putting them at risk of exhaustion and falling levels of concentration – a deadly combination when driving Manila’s busy roads. 

 

Air pollution in the city is also worsening – perhaps due to the 70,000 ageing jeepneys sitting in gridlock each day – and that, along with the poor design of the driver’s seat, is becoming harmful to the driver’s health.

 

Sources: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/science/551689/jeepney-s-design-detrimental-to-health-of-drivers-up-study/story/

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/asia-s-toughest-jobs-the-toil-of-a-smiling-jeepney-driver-9024698

  

Taxi drivers

 

Did you know taxi drivers in the US suffer more deaths due to violence than any other job, with numbers higher than police and security guards?

 

Carrying cash and working alone make taxi drivers a target for criminals, while giving rides to strangers means they are never sure who they will be sharing their cabs with.

 

As a result, a driver must learn to evaluate situations for threat as being a lone worker means help is not always at hand.

 

Sources: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-dangerous-jobs/

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/opinion/article/Taxi-driver-an-extremely-dangerous-job-1245820.php

 

Motor racing drivers

 

There are many different types of motor racing, each bringing a danger to its drivers.

 

One, for example, has vehicles with open cockpits, exposing the driver’s head even when helmeted and putting them at huge risk if they happen to be involved in a collision or flip the car.

 

Another has the risk of drivers experiencing dehydration due to the prolonged high g-forces and hot temperatures inside the car. Drivers can end up losing up to three litres of water during some of the hottest races and around 4kg in weight during an average race, impacting on their psycho-physical abilities and prompting confusion and slow responses.

 

Sources: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1024235/Drivers-Anatomy-The-200-mph-workout.html

http://www.mensxp.com/buzz-on-web/sports/10890-10-things-you-never-knew-about-formula-1_.html

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/899925-dan-wheldon-crash-why-indycar-is-far-more-dangerous-than-nascar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IndyCar_fatalities

 

  • share 
  • tweet  
  • share  
  • RSS feed 

Tags: Construction, Courier services, Passenger transport, Service and maintenance, Transport

Related posts:

  • <b>How to select the best business technology for you</b>How to select the best business technology for you
    How to select the best business technology for you We live in a world where communicating and sharing information without delay has become the norm. Our personal lives have become enriched by a sophisticated, connected, digital experience that puts our mobile devices at the very heart of our d...
  • <b>Get to the customer on time: Better route planning for businesses</b>Get to the customer on time: Better route planning for businesses
    Get to the customer on time: Better route planning for businesses If you use vehicles to deliver your products or services, route planning is essential. Intelligent route planning has several key benefits. It keeps your customers happy, as you arrive on time. It keeps your drivers and vehicles sa...
  • <b>Tackling the fleet fuel burden</b>Tackling the fleet fuel burden
    Tackling the fleet fuel burden Andy Allen, head of BP Fuel Cards It can be all too easy for companies to take their eye off the ball when it comes to the proactive management of business costs. We are all so busy trying to do our day jobs that the use of vital business intelligence to improve bus...

Category: Trends and technologies

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Blog categories

  • Uncategorised
  • Fleet management
  • Safety
  • Cost reduction
  • Driver management
  • Legislation and regulation
  • Vehicle management
  • Trends and technologies
  • Sustainability

Popular posts

What’s pushing up the repair and maintenance costs of your truck fleet?

2020-10-21 by dwilson

How to select the best business technology for you

2018-07-03 by dwilson

Latest update: How has COVID-19 impacted commercial fleets?

2020-04-24 by dwilson


Learn More

  • Free Downloads and Resources
  • Read our White Paper on Top Fuel Saving Tips for Business
  • Sign up to receive alerts of new posts

Archives

  • Sep 2021
  • Aug 2021
  • Apr 2021
  • Feb 2021
  • Oct 2020
  • Sep 2020
  • Aug 2020
  • Jul 2020
  • May 2020
  • Apr 2020
  • Mar 2020
  • Dec 2019
  • Jun 2019
  • May 2019
  • Apr 2019
  • Mar 2019
  • Feb 2019
  • Jan 2019
  • Dec 2018
  • Oct 2018
  • Jul 2018

Tags

  • Transport
  • Service and maintenance
  • Courier services
  • Construction
  • Passenger transport
Products
Fleet managementVehicle TrackingFleet optim­isationWorkflow managementGreen & safe drivingBusiness integrationProfes­sional navigation & trafficAsset trackingElectric vehicles (EVs)
Technology
WEBFLEETLINKPRO Driver TerminalsMobile Apps
Buy
How to buyContact salesFind partner
Industries
Service and maintenanceLong haulageCourier servicesPassenger transportUtilitiesHealth careEmergency servicesSales fleetConstruction
Talk to sales
011 923 7590
Subscribe to our newsletter

Receive the latest industry news, product announce­ments and fleet management updates.

Help
Technical supportFAQDevice activation
Learn
BlogGuides & WhitepapersCase studiesFleet Management GlossaryKnowledge & Insights
Partners
Become a sales partnerBecome an integration partnerDeveloper resourcesPartner Portal
Info
PrivacyTerms & ConditionsTerms of useAbout usJobsPress Centre

Copyright © 2006 – 2022 Bridgestone Mobility Solutions B.V. All rights reserved.

Webfleet Solutions story

Jump to content

Want to boost your business?

Subscribe to our newsletter and get valuable fleet insights: free guides, advice, how-tos and more.

Get valuable fleet insights that boost your business

Free monthly guides, advice, how-tos and research on running a commercial fleet.

Want to boost your business?

Subscribe to our newsletter and get valuable fleet insights: free guides, advice, how-tos and more.

Get valuable fleet insights that boost your business

Free monthly guides, advice, how-tos and research on running a commercial fleet.

Please enter your first name.
Please enter your last name.
Please enter your Email address
Please choose the type of industry.

Your personal data is safe with us. See our privacy policy for more details.

You will be redirected in ...

Redirecting.

Jump to content

Select your country

Africa
South Africa
Americas
ChileColombiaMéxicoUnited States
Asia Pacific
AustraliaNew Zealand
Europe
Belgique (Français)België (Nederlands)Česká RepublikaDanmarkDeutschlandEspañaFranceHungaryIrelandItalia
NederlandÖsterreichPolskaPortugalSchweiz (Deutsch)Suisse (Français)SverigeSvizzera (Italiano)United Kingdom