DRIVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1991
in a safe driving program,” Plate empha- sized. “In most commercial fleets, the major- ity of drivers are outstanding professionals, so Dual-Vision also helps to reinforce and commend good driving — not to mention protecting good drivers in the event of an accident that was not their fault.”
DRIVER ALERTS AND FEEDBACK
Woody Fitzmaurice of Synovia Solutions said its Silverlining product also tracks driver performance. Te GPS unit records vehicle speed and automatically compares it to the posted speed limit. “One customer, Oklahoma City Schools, has successfully monitored and reported on driver speed,” he shared. “Also, the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Schools have used the idle monitoring and reporting functionality pro- vided by [our] GPS system to assist with the lowering of idling time the last few years.” Both GreenRoad and Quantum XXI
bring to the table driver alerts and driv- er-performance “report cards” used to im- prove driver training and provide incentives. Zonar Systems has similar capability with its ZAlerts product that has been mostly used by the trucking industry to date. Meanwhile, Richard Gallagher of
Quantum XXI said his company’s system has helped the Loudoun County (Va.) Transportation Department create a per- formance-review report card for school bus drivers (see related story on page 20). “Te department has selected alerts for
driver behaviors they will monitor such as speeding, idling, arriving late, arriving too early, regular attendance, cleanliness of bus, pre- and post-trip inspections, etc.,” he ex- plained. “Tis report will be incorporated into the evaluation instrument for bus drivers.” Gallagher added that the alerts have the
effect of changing behaviors with reminders rather than just “punishing” bad behaviors at evaluation time. Dixie Baker of GreenRoad said their cus-
tomers expressed concern about bus drivers not retaining information from safety train- ings and slipping back into bad habits. “Tat’s when we developed our unique
in-vehicle system for drivers to give them constant feedback,” Baker noted. “We alert the drivers with our system of green, yellow and red lights. Yellow is you’re a bit out of bounds, and red means it’s a very risky maneuver. We count up the number of risky maneuvers in 10 hours of driving and we as- sign a score. Tat way, drivers and managers understand how they’re doing.” Atlantic Express Executive VP Noel
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Cabrera said the school-bus contractor chose GreenRoad years ago because of this immediate feedback. Te Web-based interface enables managers to monitor driver behavior behind the wheel, he added, and then take corrective action, through either a conversation with the driver or remedial training. “We have seen a reduction in acci-
dents and incidents which have yielded a 13-percent reduction on losses incurred this past year compared to the year before,” he shared. “Initially, drivers are reticent and think we will use this tool to excoriate them, but soon they realize that their concerns were unfounded and that the tool has actually helped them to become safer drivers.” —
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