Drive Safely Work Week Kits Provides Tips for Year-Round Safety
NAFA Fleet Management Association has once again teamed up with the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety to promote "Drive Safely Work Week."
Princeton, NJ, September 11, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The first week of October is when the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) annually promotes Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW), but the helpful tips the campaign provides are good all year long. This year's DSWW campaign takes place October 5-9 and focuses on the theme "Drive Focused, Drive Smart, Get Home Safely." Since 2007, NAFA Fleet Management Association and NETS have partnered and promoted this campaign to offer guidance to employers in the development of workplace traffic safety programs to improve driver safety performance and minimize the risk of motor vehicle crashes and their ensuing human and financial costs. NAFA encourages its Members to take advantage of the valuable information within the annual safety campaign because getting home safely is the most important thing the employees who work for their Members will do today.
Whether employees are driving as a function of their job or just commuting to and from work, the time they spend behind the wheel can be the most dangerous part of the day. This year's DSWW campaign educates employees on the dangers of distracted driving, the leading cause of traffic crashes. DSWW also focuses on eco-friendly driving – driving smart – to conserve fuel and reduce the impact driving habits can have on the environment.
"The 2009 DSWW campaign tools work well with the way today's businesses get information to their employees," said Gerry W. Eaker, Fleet Safety Manager, Corporate Health and Safety, UPS. "The electronic and interactive tools provide for a quick and easy delivery method of safe driving messages that will really resonate with our employees."
The DSWW tool kit has everything needed for businesses to launch a successful safety campaign including:
• Activities for each day, including interactive, electronic-based tools
• Daily communications messages
• Downloadable graphics
• Communication tools, including press releases and campaign launch letter
• Materials suitable for local and global employees
"Our Michigan businesses appreciate that the DSWW materials are easy to use and include meaningful messages and activities that really hit home with employees without taking a lot of time out of their work day from the participation or planning standpoint," said Dan Vartanian, Corporate Program Coordinator, Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning.
Although the national observance of the campaign takes place each year during the first week of October, the materials are not dated and can be used throughout the year for continued promotion of safe driving practices. The DSWW campaign has been sponsored by NETS since 1996.
Pricing for the Drive Safely Work Week package is $49.99 for businesses less than 1,000 employees; $99.95 for businesses between 1,000 and 4,999 employees; and $199.95 for businesses over 5,000 employees. NAFA Members receive a 20% discount on the published rates when using the code "NETS" at checkout. To order Drive Safely Work Week for your employees, visit http://trafficsafety.org.
About NAFA Fleet Management Association
NAFA Fleet Management Association is a not-for-profit, individual membership professional society serving the needs of members who manage fleets of sedans, public safety vehicles, trucks, and buses of all types and sizes, and a wide range of military and off-road equipment for organizations across the globe. NAFA is the association for the diverse vehicle fleet management profession regardless of organizational type, geographic location or fleet composition. NAFA's Full and Associate Members are responsible for the specification, acquisition, maintenance and repair, fueling, risk management, and remarketing of more than 3.5 million vehicles including in excess of 1.1 million trucks of which 350 thousand are medium- and heavy-duty trucks. For more information visit http://www.nafa.org
About Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS)
NETS is comprised of the following Board member companies: Abbott, AmeriFleet Transportation, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, General Motors Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Monsanto, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, and UPS.
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Whether employees are driving as a function of their job or just commuting to and from work, the time they spend behind the wheel can be the most dangerous part of the day. This year's DSWW campaign educates employees on the dangers of distracted driving, the leading cause of traffic crashes. DSWW also focuses on eco-friendly driving – driving smart – to conserve fuel and reduce the impact driving habits can have on the environment.
"The 2009 DSWW campaign tools work well with the way today's businesses get information to their employees," said Gerry W. Eaker, Fleet Safety Manager, Corporate Health and Safety, UPS. "The electronic and interactive tools provide for a quick and easy delivery method of safe driving messages that will really resonate with our employees."
The DSWW tool kit has everything needed for businesses to launch a successful safety campaign including:
• Activities for each day, including interactive, electronic-based tools
• Daily communications messages
• Downloadable graphics
• Communication tools, including press releases and campaign launch letter
• Materials suitable for local and global employees
"Our Michigan businesses appreciate that the DSWW materials are easy to use and include meaningful messages and activities that really hit home with employees without taking a lot of time out of their work day from the participation or planning standpoint," said Dan Vartanian, Corporate Program Coordinator, Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning.
Although the national observance of the campaign takes place each year during the first week of October, the materials are not dated and can be used throughout the year for continued promotion of safe driving practices. The DSWW campaign has been sponsored by NETS since 1996.
Pricing for the Drive Safely Work Week package is $49.99 for businesses less than 1,000 employees; $99.95 for businesses between 1,000 and 4,999 employees; and $199.95 for businesses over 5,000 employees. NAFA Members receive a 20% discount on the published rates when using the code "NETS" at checkout. To order Drive Safely Work Week for your employees, visit http://trafficsafety.org.
About NAFA Fleet Management Association
NAFA Fleet Management Association is a not-for-profit, individual membership professional society serving the needs of members who manage fleets of sedans, public safety vehicles, trucks, and buses of all types and sizes, and a wide range of military and off-road equipment for organizations across the globe. NAFA is the association for the diverse vehicle fleet management profession regardless of organizational type, geographic location or fleet composition. NAFA's Full and Associate Members are responsible for the specification, acquisition, maintenance and repair, fueling, risk management, and remarketing of more than 3.5 million vehicles including in excess of 1.1 million trucks of which 350 thousand are medium- and heavy-duty trucks. For more information visit http://www.nafa.org
About Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS)
NETS is comprised of the following Board member companies: Abbott, AmeriFleet Transportation, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, General Motors Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Monsanto, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, and UPS.
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