Driving Safety / Theft Prevention

Delivery Drive Crime Prevention Tips

Utilize caller ID, or request a call back number, and get the first and last name of the customer. Don’t accept orders from blocked numbers. Call back unfamiliar customers. Verify the delivery address before sending out the driver.
If your delivery vehicles are marked, i.e. with a car topper, ensure that they also have a placard in the window that states “Drivers carry limited or no cash”.
Share information on delivery robberies with the local delivery community. Robbers have been known to call in the same vacant or fake address to multiple businesses.

Know the neighborhood where you work. Before departing the store, familiarize yourself with your travel route.
Do not carry any more money than absolutely necessary to conduct business. Leave your tips, credit cards, ATM card and other personal items at the store. Carry only your driver’s license.
Always lock your car doors and be alert to vehicles that may be following you. Note vehicle and driver descriptions and do not exit your vehicle if they follow you to the delivery location.
Never deliver to a house or apartment that looks vacant. No lights and an unkempt yard are just a few of the signs of vacancy. Have your employer do a call back and request that they turn on a light.
Park as close as possible to the delivery location in a well-lit area and be alert to people loitering nearby.
If something doesn’t seem right when you arrive at the destination (subjects loitering nearby, dark house, occupied vehicles) don’t deliver, drive away. Notify the store and ask that they contact the customer.

Stay calm. Don’t resist and comply with the robbers demands.
Focus on remembering the details of the robbery and the suspect’s descriptions.
CALL 911 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. If it is safe to do so, remain nearby and stay on the phone until police arrive, then call the store. DO NOT go to your next order or return to the store.
Do not talk about the robbery with anyone until the police arrive. If there are any witnesses, ask them to remain at the scene until police arrive.
Do not touch any evidence that they may have left behind such as clothing and report the location of any evidence to the police.

Visual: Taking eyes off the road (e.g. texting, looking at GPS
Manual: Taking hands off the wheel (e.g. eating, grooming, reaching for items)
Cognitive: Taking the mind off driving (e.g. talking to passengers, daydreaming)

Cell Phones: Testing or talking is the most common distraction reading a text takes eyes off the road for an average of 5 seconds, which is the equivalent to driving a football field blindfolded at 55 mph
Passengers: Interactions with passengers, particularly children, can divert attention
Other: Adjusting music, eating, or grooming

Speeding triples the odds of being involved in a collision.
Speeding is a leading factor in fatal crashes - nearly 1/3 of fatal collisions involved speed as a factor.
The other top two factors for collisions are drowsiness and driver inattention.
Car crashes are the number one cause of deaths for youths 15 - 24 years of age.
The probability of death, disfigurement or debilitating injury increases with higher speed at impact. The consequences double for every 10 mph over 50 mph that a vehicle travels.

In 2006, 2/3 of those who were killed in vehicle collisions in Kentucky were not wearing seat belts.
When properly used, lap/shoulder belts can reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passengers by 45% - and risk of moderate to critical injury by 50%.
75% of persons ejected from a vehicle die as a result of the injuries sustained.
Kentucky has the third lowest rate of seat belt usage in the country.
Nationally, 83% of people report using safety belts - in Kentucky that number is 67%.
Kentucky has a Primary Seat Belt Law - meaning drivers may be stopped solely for driving without using their seat belt.

75% of fatal crashes involving alcohol included a driver with a BAC of 0.10 or 0.11 - the legal limit is 0.08.
More than half of those drivers (52%) had double the legal limit (0.16).
One third of those arrested or convicted of DUI are repeat offenders.
The Jefferson County Attorney's Office has a 96% conviction rate against DUI offenders.

Motorcyclists involved in fatal crashes have an even higher incidence of speed and alcohol as factors in those events than other motor vehicles.
25% of motorcycle operators involved in fatal crashes had invalid operator licenses - compared with 12% of passenger vehicles.
The use of helmets would have reduced the number of fatal motocycle crashes by 37%.