Last year, a crash not far from my house resulted in the deaths of 3 teens. Two other teens in the vehicle survived but were seriously injured. Speed was involved, and likely impairment as the crash happened at 4am on a weekend. It rocked the community. Classmates, teachers, even strangers grieved for lives lost too soon. Life has gone on, the flowers laid at the crash site long since blown away in the wind. But the lives of their families will never be the same. Those teens are now counted among the 1.3 million traffic crash fatalities reported by the World Health Organization that occur around the world every year. That's 1.3 million. It's not just a number. It's someone's sister, father, grandparent, child.

If you're invested in road safety and want to have an impact on reducing that number, join us October 5 & 6 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, or virtually, for NETS Annual Strength IN Numbers Fleet Safety Benchmark Conference. Attendees can network with other road safety advocates and learn best practices, hear the latest in safe vehicle technology, and find out how to advance road safety to protect all drivers and other vulnerable road users.

In addition, if you want to gain expert knowledge from your own or other industry sectors on how to address sector-specific road safety challenges and issues, you're also invited to participate in our industry sector meetings (available for in-person conference attendees) from the Utility, Heavy Goods Vehicles, Insurance, or Agriculture sectors. More information about these meetings is below.

LAST DAY FOR SPECIAL CONFERENCE HOTEL RATE IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th! 

with optional in-person tours at Mcity and UMTRI on October 7 included with your registration

More details coming soon! Times subject to change based on final meeting agenda. While recordings of some meetings may be available afterward, live sector meeting participation is available only to in-person conference attendees. Contact Ann Kidd, NETS Operations Manager, at akidd@trafficsafety.org for any questions.

Mobile device distractions put employees in danger and companies at risk. So why would anyone settle for safety measures that simply report what went wrong, or only work when people remember to turn them on? TRUCE Software automatically suspends distracting mobile apps and functions depending on what your employee is doing, where they are working or even the workgroup they are part of. You define the policy and TRUCE ensures compliance when and where it’s needed. Supporting more than 100,000 subscribers and some of the largest brands worldwide, our patented technology is making workplaces everywhere safer.

eDriving, a Solera company, helps organizations around the world to reduce incidents, collisions, injuries, license violations, carbon emissions, and total cost of fleet ownership through its patented digital driver risk management programs.

At its heart is the Mentor by eDrivingSM smartphone app that identifies risky driving behaviors for intervention and safe driving habits for recognition. In-app features include micro-training and coaching, gamification, collision reporting, vehicle inspections, and an individual FICO® Safe Driving Score validated to predict the likelihood of being involved in a collision. Mentor’s integrated automatic crash detection and Personal SOS features powered by Sfara and Bosch trigger a voice call and emergency support, as needed, from one of Bosch’s Global Call Centers supporting >50 countries. Through its five-stage, patented Crash-Free Culture® risk reduction methodology, eDriving helps organizations embrace safety and reduce risk for Sales, Service, Delivery and Warehouse drivers, all within a privacy-first, data-secure environment.

eDriving is the digital driver risk management partner of choice for many of the world’s largest organizations, supporting over 1.2 million drivers in 125 countries. Over the past 25 years, eDriving’s research-validated programs have been recognized with over 100 awards around the world.

Learn about all of NETS Fleet Safety Sponsors

Do you have a particularly successful road safety example to share? NETS Members are encouraged to share best practices, ask questions or contribute their expertise to the NETS Road Safety Leaders Forum, an online discussion forum exclusively for NETS Members and Sponsors. Not yet a member? Check out the benefits at https://trafficsafety.org/membership-info/.