Vehicles are critical to the successful operation of HVAC and sheet metal firms. Taken for granted, they can become a significant liability. Take a walk around your company vehicles and what you find may surprise you. Do you see excessive or unordinary dents and large scratches on the body of your trucks and cars? If so, this may be an indication of your employees’ low value and care for their driving habits. Those small accidents likely went unreported and may harvest a culture of poor driving and increased liability for your company.

Ask any insurance company and they will tell you that the largest claims and settlements they encounter are vehicle accidents, especially huge losses for damage and injury to another party. You may be aware of the horror stories concerning companies sued for millions of dollars after an employee, texting on their phone, killed another driver. A comprehensive program to address vehicle safety and how you manage your fleet of vehicles can help avoid the small and large accidents looming over the need to transport people and equipment.