The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is concerned about the effects of distraction due to drivers' use of electronic devices on motor vehicle safety. Consequently, NHTSA is issuing nonbinding, voluntary NHTSA Driver Distraction Guidelines (NHTSA Guidelines) to promote safety by discouraging the introduction of excessively distracting devices in vehicles. This notice details the contents of the first phase of the NHTSA Driver Distraction Guidelines. These NHTSA Guidelines cover original equipment in-vehicle device secondary tasks (communications, entertainment, information gathering, and navigation tasks not required to drive are considered secondary tasks) performed by the driver through visual-manual means (meaning the driver looking at a device, manipulating a de...
CHESAPEAKE The driver of a car that killed a school crossing guard in early October has been charged with reckless driving, a misdemeanor charge, according to court documents.
A bicyclist received a $250,000 settlement to resolve claims over an accident in which the vehicle never made contact with her bike. In the fall of 2007, a young flight attendant was riding her bicycle home from Forest Park. She was heading west on Clayton Road in St. Louis County when a sedan accelerated to make a left turn across the bicycle lane.
The FMCSA amends its regulations to keep in effect until January 30, 2014, the requirement that interstate drivers subject to the commercial driver's license (CDL) regulations and the Federal physical qualification requirements must retain paper copies of their medical examiner's certificate. Interstate motor carriers are also required to retain copies of their drivers' medical certificates in their driver qualification files. This action is being taken to ensure the medical qualification of CDL holders until all States are able to post the medical self-certification and medical examiner's certificate data on the Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) driver record. This rule does not, however, extend the compliance dates for States to collect and to post to the CDLIS dr...
Business classes attempt to pound home the conventional wisdom, the secret formula, the question that will cause the crystal ball to reveal the best return on investment (ROI). But can it be so simple? The hard sciences have heeded Occam's razor for hundreds of years, and in the words of a sage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." ROI is always the key to such analyses. Cost per RPC is important because it is the metric that instructs how much bang you get for your buck. Agencies use dialing technology only to locate and converse with consumers; this goal should be accomplished with as little cost as possible. If some fancy but expensive functionality gets you one or two more RPCs per campaign but doubles the cost per RPC, be unimpressed. Cost per agent minute is important to consider se...
Corporate commitment to sustainable innovation is triggered by a number of driving forces such as the increasing environmental concern of the public and customers, the advancement of environmental technologies, the enforcement of government regulations and the pressure of social activism. The emerging business culture of social responsibility also drives corporations to become proactive toward sustainable innovation. Being environmentally responsible helps corporations reduce their exposure to social criticism and appeal to the customers looking for green products and services. This paper briefly reviews the literature on the drivers of sustainable innovation and explores the recent industry practice of strategic transition to sustainable innovation through a case analysis of leading gl...
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