While combined ratios have been mild in workers’ compensation in the last five years (86.1 – 92.2), in commercial auto they have ranged from 98.8 to 111.1, making auto one of the least profitable commercial lines. Commercial auto underwriting profit has been steadily declining since 2005. Over...
An ever increasing statistical bracket is distracted drivers (texting, cell-phone usage, other teens in the car). In a huge proportion of cases, these fatalities are preventable because they involve unnecessary risk taking, not wearing seat belts and lack of skill. The risk of accidents is thre...
Drivers using cell phones to their ears while driving during daylight hours. Additional 2015 distracted driving statistics from the NHTSA include: About nine percent of all drivers 15 to 19 years old involved in fatal crashes were reported to be distracted at the time of the accidents. ...
And the third response was envy. People began to fantasize about what they would do with all the time they spent on their phones if it was all suddenly freed up. They started by listing the number of hours that Apple’s Screen Time option told them they spent on their phones every day....
adults polled listed distracted driving as the number-one factor in an increase in car accidents across the country, yet the knowledge doesn’t stop the dangerous behavior. Vehicle Infotainment Systems Present New Dangers In today’s world, distraction has grown beyond cell phones. The rise of ...
【题目】With the development of the Internet, it has resulted in a huge increase in credit-card fraud. Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal web site. Web sites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care. On-line shoppers who enter their credit-...
Accident numbers continue to fall We measure our progress with regard to safety at work using the accident rate, which records accidents involving at least one day of absence per million hours worked. There has been an encour- aging development in this respect too: The accident rate in the ...
Driver safety should be one of the biggest priorities for your fleet. Without proper safety regulations and training, your drivers could be causing preventable accidents and incidents. What’s worse is that they may not even know what they are doing wrong. ...
In the workplace setting, mobile phone text messaging has been used to encourage employee adherence to safety initiatives and guidelines (e.g., safety queries [44]; reporting accidents [45]) and to promote a range of health behaviours to employees (e.g., weight control [46]; smoking cessat...
If you live in the city, chances are good you don’t use your high beams much for night driving, since you’re rarely in an environment where they can be employed without distracting other drivers. If you live in the country, on the other hand,