Resume of Qualifications

Resume of Qualifications
• 24 + years with the RCMP
• Over 30 years as a Technical Investigator
• 23 years as a Collision Reconstructionist
• 1 1/2 years as a Commercial Vehicle Loss
Prevention Representative for ICBC
• Presently the President and CEO of Advantage
Fleet Services which is a proactive Loss
Prevention/Risk Management Consulting Firm.

The Challenge
• Individual
• Parent
• Grandparent
• Co-Worker
• OH&S Practitioner
• Supervisor/Manager
• Decision Maker
• Person of Influence

100

400

Deaths - Last 10 Years
4000
3500
3000
3351
3091 3063
2949 2985 2927
2781
2931
2766 2730
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

29,574

3000

42,642

184,106

2,246,230

The Costs
of Incidents:
• Loss or production;
downtimeInsured Costs
• Injury or Fatality – WCB premiums
• Illness - STD / LTD
• Liability & Vehicle Damage: increased
insurance costs; deductibles
$1
$13 - $58
Uninsured Costs
• Staff retraining/replacement
• Legal costs
• Reassignment of personnel
• Overtime & temporary labor
• Investigation time
• Clerical time
• Loss of expertise
• Loss of reputation

Hard Cost Related to Insurance
1.5 Million Dollars/day
547.5 Million/year
19.5 Million Dollars/day
7.1 Billion/year

Organizational
Responsibility
• Due Diligence
• Vicarious Liability
• Criminal Responsibility
• WCB Regulations
• Civil Liability
• BILL C-45
• TRAINING

Why is driving operating
equipment your greatest risk?
• Exposure – The amount we use
our vehicles.
• Severity – The potential to be
injured or killed is high in a motor
vehicle collision
• Frequency – This is tied to
exposure but has factors that we
as drivers control

EXPOSURE
• The amount of
time spent driving
• Does it involve
work
• Various conditions
• Off roadway
• Commercial
Vehicles
• Different surfaces

SEVERITY
• Type of collision
• Potential
Involvement with
Commercial
Vehicles
• Kinetic Energy
• Grades
• Friction values

FREQUENCY

Challenge #1
• Inform yourself

Conference Sessions
• Mark Sherman
– Priority or Value
– Changing culture
– Zero tolerance
• Brad and Lisa
– OH&S Act – Valuing a Life
– Bill C-45
• Dr. Savoie
– #1 cause of brain injuries
– Three collisions

Challenge #2
• Inform yourself
• Change your attitude toward
driving

Skill Requirements for a
Professional Driver
• Legal
• General
• Company
• Knowledge
• ATTITUDE

POSITIVE ATTITUDE

Challenge #3
• Inform yourself
• Change your attitude toward
driving
• Almost all incidents are
preventable take the word
ACCIDENT out of your vocabulary

How do Motor
Vehicle Incidents
happen?
The Startled Driver

• Most serious control problems
occur due to sudden inputs of
steering and/or brakes resulting
from the driver being surprised
• Surprise occurs due to a failure of
the driver to anticipate changes
• Failure to anticipate is normally
caused by incorrect eye placement.
The sooner a driver sees and
decides (skill) the less control input
is required

Drivers Triangle
DRIVER
VEHICLE
ENVIRONMENT

What is driving?
10%
90%
Mechanical
Visual

GET THE BIG PICTURE
• Ninety percent
(90%) of the
information
required to drive a
vehicle passes
over the visual
pathway

• Knowing WHERE to
look
• WHEN to look
• WHAT to look for

Leading Causes of Death

Challenge #4
• Inform yourself
• Change your attitude toward
driving
• Almost all incidents are
preventable take the word
ACCIDENT out of your vocabulary
• Slow Down – Speed Kills

SPEED
What is Speeding?

Time & Distance
Kilometers per hour (Speed)
Meters per second (Velocity)

Formula for KENETIC
ENERGY
Ke
1 MxV
2
2

KENETIC ENERGY
160000
140000
120000
100000
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
13.9 16.68 19.46 22.24 25.02 27.8 30.58
50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Kenetic Energy
Velocity

Uses fuel to run the engine and
converts heat energy to
mechanical energy
The more Horse Power the engine
produces the faster the vehicle can
travel considering its weight
In order to stop the vehicle
the mechanical energy has to
be converted back to heat.

What happens
when there is no
opportunity for
the energy to be
dissipated
through the
brakes or tires?

Fixed Barrier Collision

Concentration of Energy

Stopping Distance
120
109.4
100
80
60
40
20
34
59.92
80.06
Perception
Reaction
Braking Distance
Total Stopping
Distance
0
50Kph 70Kph 90Kph 110Kph

Challenge #5
• Inform yourself
• Change your attitude toward
driving
• Almost all incidents are
preventable take the word
ACCIDENT out of your vocabulary
• Slow Down – Speed Kills
• Drive as an ART not an ACT

• To control a vehicle, rolling contact
between tires and the road surface
must be maintained
• A driver can influence the
movement of a vehicle only three
ways
– Steering
– Accelerating
– Braking
• How a driver inputs steering,
acceleration or braking will
determine whether driving is an
ACT or an ART

ACT vs. ART
• The ACT of driving is relatively
simple and most people can
perform the task unconsciously
• The ART of driving is also
relatively simple, but is
accomplished through the
drivers ability to concentrate on
the task at hand and make
conscious decisions

Challenge #6
• Inform yourself
• Change your attitude toward
driving
• Almost all incidents are
preventable take the word
ACCIDENT out of your vocabulary
• Slow Down – Speed Kills
• Drive as an ART not an ACT
• Wear your seatbelt

SEAT BELTS

• 6 passengers
• Pressurized
space suits
• Oxygen enriched
environment
• 4 point harness
• 14 g’s
• 2½ minute ride

• One
passenger
• New baby
boy
• Impaired
• No seat belt
• 200 g’s
• millisecond

TIPS
• Do you have a Fleet Management
Plan
• What are your policies and
procedures with regard to driving
• Treat compliance as “Best
Practices”
• You must have an aggressive
incident management system
• Driver Training Program

Advantage Fleet Services Inc.
PO Box 250
Cambridge-Narrow, New Brunswick
E4C 6A8
1-866-433-2374
www.advantagefleet.com
Thank you for your time.
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