SAMBASafety - County of San Diego

"No more waiting for paper notices! I can quickly add and delete my drivers online. Our Pull Notice program is current and up to date at all times with the online SAMBA Driver Record Monitoring service."

Rancho Harvest
40+ drivers

"Because we use the SAMBA Holdings service to monitor our drivers, we are able to negotiate much better insurance rates from our vendors."

Fleet Compliance Supervisor
Ahern Rentals, Inc.

I saved $18,000 the first year in administrative costs and experienced a 44% decrease in district accident costs, which resulted in a reduction from $196,000 to $109,000.

Safety Manager
Denver Public Schools, Denver, Colorado

“As a result of using FleetWatch, I received a 4% reduction on my insurance premiums. This is a significant savings.”

HR Director/Risk Manager
Santa Fe County, New Mexico

“The cost of a single claim would have paid for 10 years of the FleetWatch driver monitoring service.”

Risk Manager
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

“I sleep better at night knowing that SAMBA is monitoring my drivers.”

Loss Control Director
Connexus Energy, Minnesota

“FleetWatch ensures safer transportation for our students. It’s ease of use and low cost, make it a must program for progressive risk managers.”

— Sammy Quintana
Executive Director
New Mexico Public School Insurance Authority

— former President of the National School Boards Association

County of San Diego

OVERVIEW

San Diego County: California

Senior Risk & Insurance Analyst: Susan Eldridge

Number of County Employees Enrolled: 17,207

Time Savings: Automated driver record monitoring simplifies the administrative process of managing thousands of employees’ records.

Risk Benefit: The immediate identification of unlicensed drivers reduces County liability and the associated negligence claims.

Commercial drivers for San Diego County are enrolled in the state mandated Employer Pull Notice (EPN) program. In the past, the state paper notification for commercial driver record activity was delivered by traditional mail. These notifications took days to arrive and numerous hours of administrative resources to process. In addition, adding or removing drivers from the program took an additional paper request. With the paper program, the County was unable to confirm their current list of registered drivers. The state allowed employers to request a paper copy once each year. This was delivered on outdated 11x17 NCR paper—an ineffective and unwieldy solution for driver identification and filing.

In addition to the commercial driver requirements, San Diego County Employee Policy stated that all employees driving County vehicles, or personal vehicles on County business, must have a valid license. To ensure state and county compliance, 17,000+ employees were registered in the automated SAMBA service. The service allowed drivers to be added and deleted online, provided program administrators with a real-time view of their driver lists and offered online monthly reports.

Ms. Eldridge explains, “Monitoring the driver records of 17,000+ employees is a serious administrative burden. The online process quickly identifies only those drivers with activity and we do not have to review every employee record. We quickly see unlicensed employees, notify their managers, and if the issue is not immediately resolved, county driving privileges are revoked.” In the last few years, the County has seen very few commercial drivers that have lost their licenses. While in the general employee population, the numbers are much more frequent. The cost to the County for having an unlicensed employee being involved in an accident could be significant.

Ms. Eldridge highlights the importance of managing employee risk. “In my role as Senior Risk and Insurance Analyst, I understand the importance of reducing County liability. Monitoring the driver records of all of our County employees allows us to adhere to both state and county policies. It also reduces the costly administrative resources necessary to manage a program of this magnitude. SAMBA has provided a cost-effective solution for us to maintain a qualified County fleet.”

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