While AI has the potential to prevent accidents, it can only deliver on its potential if it’s consistent and accurate.
Distracted driving is a problem. The product offered by NoCell is designed to reduce it, but there is some resistance.
Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle and Brian Runnels urge drivers to stay focused on the road, practice defensive driving and resist distractions no matter how insignificant they seem.
Nocell Technologies helps fleets prevent distracted driving.
The sole, unidentified backer of the safety tech startup was inspired by a crash involving distracted driving.
Parking lots are riskier than you might think
Motion Intelligence’s platform limits smartphone use while the vehicle is moving, sharply curtailing a key cause of accidents.
J. J. Keller announced its VideoProtects monitoring platform is available on the Geotab Marketplace, making the safety solution available to more than 2.4 million vehicles.
A Michigan truck driver was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for his role in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 64 that killed one man and injured another driver in Franklin County, Kentucky, in September 2019.
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels and Mark Barlar speak from their driver and State Patrol experience on the dangers that speed, distractions and fatigue present in construction zones.
The results of the 2021 Travelers Risk Index on distracted driving has shown an increase, while the National Safety Council reports the highest percentage increase in motor vehicle deaths in 13 years.
Fatigue may not play as much of a role in risky driving behaviors, but how long a commercial driver has been driving does, according to new research.
Although April is no longer officially Distracted Driving Awareness Month, drivers of all kinds should focus on preventing this deadly issue
Video telematics company Lytx has introduced a risk detection tool that will identify and engage with drivers who are prone to distracted driving.
Electronic gadgets like smartphones in the cab lead to driver distraction, and driver assistance technologies like ADAS appear to add a new dimension to that behavior.
Michigan semi driver charged in deadly pileup pens heartfelt note as authorities continue investigation into suspected case of distracted driving that claimed three lives.
Authorities cite distracted driving in nine-vehicle Sunday crash that claimed three lives in Boone County.
Eyesight Technologies has taken driver-distraction monitoring to a new level with the ability to trigger driver and fleet alerts when cellphone usage or in-cab smoking is detected.
A spate of deadly trucking-related accidents has taken place around Australia over the last week. Truck rollovers were a major contributor to the death toll. There was also a range of other tragic accidents involving moving vehicles. In other Down Under Trucking news, a criminal trucker gets years in jail for killing another driver; hill descent apps; Freightways buys Big Chill.
The funding coincides with the launch of an artificial intelligence solution that detects stop sign violations.
President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau agree to implement agreement that has the potential to speed up the flow of goods between the two countries.
Acknowledging the widespread issue of distracted driving is the first step to change. Technology can be used to monitor real-time driving behavior, with those insights leveraged to improve driver behavior.
Accidents due to distracted driving is on the rise, and it critical to utilize technology to curb the numbers.
In partnership with Reliance Partners …Distracted driving in the U.S. is a bigger cause for accidents than driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This could be prevented if fleets take responsibility and educate drivers on safe driving and also by remotely monitoring driving behavior.
The advent of modern communications technology such as, obviously, the mobile phone, has created a new, yet poorly understood and under-researched, form of driver distraction. Australian road authorities are calling for research and are updating their road rules.
In partnership with Reliance Partners …The company’s patent-pending approach is differentiated by its reliability, low power consumption, and what they call seamless integration.
Netradyne is using artificial intelligence (AI) to provide fleets with the context needed to make more informed decisions surrounding distracted driving events.
SmartDrive Systems, which is already among the leaders in video-based safety systems, is adding sensors as an option for fleets to help detect drowsy and fatigued driving. The company made the announcement at the recent American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Fl.
Do you drive a little faster than the law allows? If you are in the Southeast this week, be aware. Police in five states are looking for speeders as well as distracted and impaired drivers as part of an enforcement push.