Questions:
Fleet Safety
Journal entry: What are your thoughts on analyzing costs that affect a fleet's safety culture? Write about the pros and cons of performing a cost-benefit analysis within an organization.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.
Question 1
Identify which of the answers below is used by a company's management team in determining the non-labor costs per mile as applied to a fleet vehicle.
Repair wages
Fuel taxes
Supervision
Driver history
Question 2
What are recognized as the three main types of driver distractions?
Cognitive, visual, and manual
Manual, visual, and speed
Operation, equipment failures, and visual
Passenger interaction, eating, and manual
Question 3
Which of the following is NOT utilized in determining the time when it is more cost effective to replace a fleet vehicle than to continue to maintain it?
Maintenance data
Cost from fuel, oil, lube, and filter
Mileage logs
Driver history
Question 4
Which of the following is NOT a stage in the construction of the safety, health, and environmental economic analysis model?
Analysis of definitions and boundary
Inventory analysis and impact assessment
Postimplementation look-back
Outline development
Question 5
In conducting the impact assessment on a company's economic analysis of the fleet, which of the following chief factors should NOT be included in the assessment?
Human operational capability
Financial funding capability
Support personnel
Available technology
Question 6
Describe how the Safety Measurement System (SMS) assists companies with identifying the seven most important safety issues that drivers face and determining which solutions are applicable to improve driver performance.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
Question 7
Explain how reactive strategies can negatively impact safety measures and training within an organization that controls fleet operations. How can proactive determinations help mitigate future on-the-job accidents and reduce the overall impact of the cost to the company from safety issues?
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
Question 8
There are multiple direct and indirect costs to employers who manage fleets when on-the-job accidents happen with employees. Calculate the total cost to an employer whose driver was involved in an accident with $8,459 of direct costs. Provide examples of indirect costs used in your calculation. Show your calculations.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
Question 9
Describe how companies can utilize a cost-benefit analysis to effectively budget for future safety training within the organization.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.