dash cameras

Video review services change the game for carrier risk mitigation

These days, dashcams do much more than record events on the road and in the cab. Dashcams can detect accelerometer-triggered events to relay back to a carrier in real time, and AI-powered dashcams take it to the next level with the ability to alert a carrier to everything from distracted and fatigued driving to speeding and failure to obey the rules of the road. This gives carriers a newfound ability to exonerate drivers in the event of a crash, as well as proactively prevent accidents and...

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Keeping drivers in the GreenZone — Taking the Hire Road

More and more fleets are embracing safe driving cultures thanks to new innovations in safety technology. One such solution is offered by Netradyne, which provides a new perspective on driver training and performance.

Adam Kahn, president of Netradyne’s commercial fleet team, joins this episode of Taking the Hire Road to detail Driveri and how it coaches drivers to stay in the “GreenZone” with host Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach.

Kahn acknowledged the stresses of maintaining safety...

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Netradyne’s unique approach to safety built upon positive reinforcement

Truck drivers remain divided on in-cab cameras. “One one hand, proponents say cameras can protect drivers from being blamed for an accident caused by another vehicle.” Others, however, believe them to be an intrusion on privacy. But is there a middle ground?

Netradyne product manager Brandon Buckley joined FreightWaves NOW to offer a new perspective on in-cab cameras, describing how fleet safety and driver satisfaction can both be attainable with the right technology in place.

“A lot of what’s...

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Drugs, younger drivers on trucking research group’s agenda

The nation’s top trucking research group plans to update previous studies on the effects of legalized marijuana and other drugs on truck safety along with integrating 18- to 20-year-old drivers into the industry.

Those initiatives were among the top research priorities approved by the American Transportation Research Institute for 2021, ATRI announced Tuesday. ATRI’s research priorities in 2020 included nonnuclear verdicts, safety metrics, owner-operators and vehicle-miles-traveled user fees.

“As...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drugs-younger-drivers-on-trucking-research-groups-agenda

Bendix seeks FMCSA exemption for camera safety systems

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is asking federal regulators for flexibility in how its crash-avoidance cameras are mounted on windshields.

The request follows waivers recently approved by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in the last two months for similar requests from J. J. Keller, Samsara and Nauto.

FMCSA regulations require vehicle safety devices such as those manufactured by Bendix in its exemption request to be mounted “not more than 4 inches below the upper edge of...

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