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High Definition Vehicle Insurance (HDVI)

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Brake-related violations are the leading cause of vehicle out-of-service orders and can severely impact a fleet's vehicle maintenance CSA scores. As we approach the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's Brake Safety Week, which begins this Sunday, August 25, and runs through Sunday, August 31, Mark Brest, Senior Fleet Services Operations Manager at HDVI, discusses the importance of consistent brake maintenance. He shares tips for fleets to prioritize brake maintenance not just during this dedicated week but as a regular, ongoing practice. #brakesafetyweek #brakesafety #fleetmanagement #fleetsafety

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Hi everyone, I'm Mark Brisk, the Fleet Services Operations Manager at HBI and I'm excited to share some information and tips about this year's Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Break Safety Week scheduled for August 25th through the 31st. This is an important week for motor carriers because brake related violations are the leading cause of vehicle out of service orders and they negatively impact a fleet vehicle maintenance CSA scores. So to put this into context, last year inspectors across North America. Checked over 18,000 commercial vehicles and unfortunately about 12.6% of those vehicles were taken out of service due to brake related issues. This really highlights how critical it is to stay on top of brake maintenance every week of the year, not just during Brake Safety Week. So today I have four tips that I want to share with everyone that I've seen motor carriers implement and that have helped them not only prepare for Brake Safety Week, but also improve their overall. Safety practices and their safety culture at the same time. Number one, daily vehicle inspections are essential. While they're also required by law, some drivers still may opt to skip their pre and post trip inspection, which can easily lead to missed mechanical issues and many other problems down the road. Using pre trip inspection technology or having drivers take and send photos of their equipment can help catch issues early and it's pretty creative. There's a great opportunity in the industry. To use this technology, many different technologies to help improve the safety, prevent violations and so forth. And this proactive approach can really help ensure drivers are routinely conducting the pre and post trip inspections while also helping ensure that your vehicles are always in top condition #2 periodic inspections. Inspections are required by the FMCSA at least annually, but that doesn't mean that you need to stop there. The FMCSA regulations are meant to be. Minimum guideline and the more frequent that you can bring the trucks and trailers in for inspections and then really just look over the equipment that can help prevent accidents. It can also help prevent violations pretty significantly. So the more inspections that you can conduct, even visual inspections when the trucks come back to the yard, that can really play an impact for Brake Safety Week #3 using telematics. So this is our sweet spot at HBI. Telematics data can be a powerful tool in identifying potential behavioral issues. Contributing to increased wear and tear and can also lead to accidents. So for example, drivers with high frequency of harsh break events and harsh acceleration events can have an impact negatively on your vehicle maintenance indirectly by having increased wear and tear on things like your brakes and related components. So by really proactively monitoring telematics data and then coaching the drivers that need coaching, you can help prevent mechanical issues and improve safety at the same exact time and #4. Data, data, data. It's important to be aware of the top and the bottom violators in your fleet, and this ranges from everything from safety and telematics to also roadside violations. I always recommend fleets to download the past 24 months of your roadside violations data and then sort by drivers, by tractors, and by trailers. What you want to do is try to identify the top violators in each of those categories and then determine what's causing those trucks, the trailers. In the drivers to have that increase in violations to identify you know what is going wrong and then how that you can improve it in the future. I'd like to look at break problems as a symptom of other issues, much like our health. If there are brake problems, it could be due to underlying causes such as driver behavior or improper maintenance. Addressing these at the root cause can help prevent future roadside violations and accidents. By staying proactive and committed to break safety, we can all contribute to safer roads. It's not just about passing inspections, it's about protecting lives. If you have any questions or need any assistance, please feel free to reach out to your dedicated Fleet Services representative if you're current HDCVI insured. If you're not yet an insured of HDMI, we encourage you to check us out at hbci.com or ask about us with your insurance agent.

Richard McDonald

Physical Damage/Cargo Claims Examiner

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As a transportation adjuster I handle a significant number of burn downs annually due to brake related fires. A number of which are from a "run flat" that wraps wire from the disintegrating inside tandem wrapping around the slack adjuster dragging the brake and super heating the brake drum. Brake inspection on every pre-trip should also include tire inspection, especially when running re-caps on trailers. Most drivers today don't know what the travel length is on slack adjuster nor what the minimum shoe thickness is on a drum brake shoe. Safety managers having driver education classes for drivers on basic maintenance of the equipment can save them the loss of equipment and cargo as well as the cost of property damage claims for repair of the pavement when the fire department is miles away and the pave sustains severe damage.

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