November 3rd, 2009 0 Comments
By Andy Bawden
VPSI’s Loss Prevention and Vanpool Safety Manager
Enclosed is the policy year 2009 - 2010 Insurance Identification card that replaces the card in your vanpool vehicle. While you are replacing this card please be sure that you have in your blue zippered bag the Important Vanpool Items that are listed below. If you are missing any of these items please contact your local VPSI office by calling 1-800-VAN-RIDE (826-7433).
Schedule a Safety Meeting with your vanpool group to review safe vanpool practices. All drivers and riders must respect the driver’s right to operate the van safely and without distractions. Here are some areas to review.
Important Vanpool Items
• Insurance ID Card
• Vehicle Registration
• Tire Gauge
• Volunteer Driver Guide
• CD-Rom Safety Video, The Vanpool Difference
• Preventive Maintenance Coupon Book (may be cabled to van)
• Fleet Response Accident/Incident Instructions
• Pen or pencil
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Tags: 1-800-VAN-RIDE (826-7433), 2009, 2010, Andy Bawden, driver guide, Important vanpool items, Insurance ID Card, Insurance Identification card, policy, safety, tire gauge, vehicle registration
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October 6th, 2009 0 Comments
By Andy Bawden
VPSI’s Loss Prevention and Vanpool Safety Manager
VPSI equips certain vans with fire extinguishers as a state or a contract requires. While we at VPSI hope it will not be necessary to ever use a fire extinguisher it is important to know what to do if the need arises.
Very Important - Use the fire extinguisher provided in the van to make a safe escape from the fire and away from the van. Save lives not property! Do not stay near a van that is on fire. We want you to save lives and injuries and get away from a van that is on fire. 
Spray the source of the fire not the fire itself. Become familiar with the instructions for use on the side of each fire extinguisher.
The fire extinguisher should be used in accordance with the instructions provided on the extinguisher. It is not necessary to test an extinguisher prior to using it. The needle on the gauge on the extinguisher should register in the Green Zone.
There is additional information provided online at – www.fire-extinguisher101.com.
Inspect fire extinguishers at least once a month (more often in severe environments). Read More
Tags: fire, fire extinguishers, Green Zone, inspection, safety
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August 12th, 2009 0 Comments
By Andy Bawden
VPSI’s Loss Prevention and Vanpool Safety Manager
In the summer, many parts of the country perform necessary road repairs on busy highways. An experienced driver approaches a road repair area cautiously and courteously. To allow all traffic to get to their destinations, a few tips will help. Avoid the tendency to be a “cop” by driving slowly blocking the full use of the lane. Instead allow the use of all lanes and allow traffic to flow and merge where the lane ends. Stay cool during the heat of summer road work.
Kold News 13 has posted some helpful tips for when you’re driving near these zones. For example, “Expect the Unexpected. Normal speed limits may be reduced, traffic lanes may be restricted, and people may be working on or near the road.” For tips like these and more, check out their write up here: http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?s=3901660
Tags: Andy Bawden, cones, congestion, flow, kold news 13, reduced, safety, safety man, traffic, Vanpool
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June 25th, 2009 1 Comment
Franchise Tax Board (FTB) employees in Sacramento, California received excellent driving tips and safety reminders at a Vanpool Safe Driving class last Wednesday. Andy Bawden, VPSI Professional Safety Trainer (pictured above), shared a 14 minute Safe Driving video, discussed simple safety tips and answered concerns of vanpool drivers.
Here are a couple of important things that all drivers can learn from: 1) Make sure your side mirrors are properly adjusted to reduce your blind spots and 2) Avoid using your cell phone while driving at all costs–it’s as bad as driving while under the influence! For more information on these two tips, click the “Read More” link. Read More
Tags: alcohol, Andy Bawden, blind spots, cell phone, Franchise Tax Board, FTB, influence, mirrors, Professional Safety Trainer, Sacramento, safe, Safe Driving, safety, side mirrors, Susan Roberts
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June 12th, 2009 0 Comments
Monday, we put up a poll asking our readers what they thought the safest mode of transportation is and today we have the results! More than 50% of you chose correctly with……drum roll, please….vanpooling being the safest method of public transportation according to the 2006 Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Annual Report.
Tags: 2006, Analysis, Annual, chart, fatalities, mode, public, Report, safest, safety, Security Statistics, transit, Transportation, vanpooling
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