To mitigate corporate risk and control accident costs, you must establish a corporate safety culture that protects employees and the business.

ELD compliance rates dropped one point this week to 91% with a 3-week moving average up one point to 88%, all this just one week shy of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s April 1 ELD enforcement deadline, according to a survey conducted by CarrierLists, Tulsa, Okla.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., deployed the SmartDrive video-based safety program from SmartDrive Systems, San Diego, Calif., across its entire fleet of nearly 600 Armour and Eckrich branded refrigerated box trucks.

The CEI Group, Inc., Trevose, Pa., CEPA SafeDrive, Mexico, and VVCR International, Europe, created the Global Fleet SafeDrive Alliance, which will offer what is said to be the industry’s first turnkey, fully integrated multinational fleet safety program.

Knight Transportation, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based truckload transportation company, deployed SmartDrive’s video-based safety program to better manage the safety and efficiency of its fleet.

Safe Fleet, Belton, Mo., acquired Rear View Safety (RVS), a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based provider of back-up camera systems and video-based road safety solutions.

SmartDrive Systems, San Diego, Calif., introduced the SmartDrive SmartChoice Program, what is said to be the only video-based safety program that provides fleets the freedom to choose the level of video protection that best aligns with their specific business priorities and needs.

Alchemy Systems, Austin, Texas, partnered with Instructional Technologies, Inc. (ITI), Vancouver, Wash., to improve fleet safety, fuel efficiency and Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) scores for food industry warehousing and transportation operators.