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Iveco ensures its trucks go on on on and and on on on and and on on on Iveco is driving forward its customer-centric offering with the
launch of ‘IVECO ON’ the
new umbrella name
that brings together
a a world of integrated services and transport solutions developed to help its customers manage their fleet and business efficiently become more competitive more profitable and more sustainable It was created to facilitate
the
navigation through Iveco’s extensive offering of of services which are now gathered and organised so that customers can easily identify the
solutions that match their specific requirements With IVECO ON customers are continuously in in contact with Iveco’s experts and dealers who
provide the
answers that will keep their vehicles on the
the
road and their business running The name
IVECO ON expresses how the
brand is always ‘ON’
for its customers – by their side ready to address their needs at all times “IVECO ON opens
up a world of services imagined and designed just for our customers ” said Thomas Hilse Iveco brand president “It creates an ecosystem of integrated solutions designed to help our customers manage their business more efficiently easily and profitably We are constantly developing new services to support them in new ways “IVECO ON connected
services mark a a double breakthrough in customer care “First of all they turn the
the
vehicle into a a a platform that communicates and receives data in real time Secondly they turn Iveco into a a true consultant to to the
the
customer and the
the
driver “We are changing the
very concept of service IVECO ON delivers today the
transport services of tomorrow ” ■
6 CVDriver February 2021
Drivers need education on on using smart motorways
Education on on smart motorways
and the
the
rules for using them must be stepped up to to stop more accidents happening according to new research A quarter (25%) of drivers said they didn’t know what a a a smart motorway is or or or the
rules for driving on on one in in a a survey carried out by Brake and Green Flag And less than half (48%) of the
2 000 drivers questioned actually knew the
rules for driving on a smart motorway The research shows serious gaps in driver awareness but comes just eight months after a government report pledged an additional £5m for national targeted communication campaigns to further
increase drivers’ knowledge
and and understanding of smart motorways
and how to to use them confidently The funding is part of an 18-point package of measures
intended to redress safety issues with smart motorways
following an outcry over their safety a a a BBC Panorama special aired last March found 38 people had been killed on smart motorways
in the
last five years But the
findings from the
research also show a a a need to increase driver awareness for motorway driving in in general There is an average of two deaths or serious injuries every day on UK motorways
but one in five drivers (18%) admit to leaving less than a a a two-second gap despite Highway Code guidance on this Driver knowledge
about stopping distances on motorways
also has room for improvement Only
a a quarter (26%) of the
survey respondents correctly identified that cars need 96m – or 24 car car lengths – to to stop if travelling at 70mph while almost two-thirds (63%) incorrectly believe the
stopping distance to to be less ■