BEST PRACTICES
is a requirement. And these clients have
seen fi rsthand the other incredible benefi ts
that come with safety, like reduced costs
around collisions, insurance claims, fuel
and maintenance, to name a few.
Th e most impactful way to achieve
this level of safety is to prevent collisions
before they happen with technology that
can pinpoint the exact areas of risk within
your fl eet, provide you with evidence
of that risk, show you how to address it
and track improvements as you go. Th is
is the power of managed video telematics
solutions like those from Lytx, which are
backed by more than 80 billion miles of
analyzed driving data and supported by
real people tagging each and every event
triggered by a DriveCam event recorder.
With this massive vault of data, Lytx
has been able to pinpoint the riskiest driving
behaviors and understand exactly how
risky they are. For example, we know that
drivers cited for seatbelt violations are 3.4
times more likely to get into a collision
than the average driver. We also know that
a late response (late braking or an abrupt
swerve) – the most frequently observed
behavior among all of our transit clients
– increases the likelihood of getting into
a collision by 84 percent in addition to
dramatically increasing the potential for
a passenger fall claims.
Th e key for fl eet managers is to pair this
knowledge, and the video evidence from
their program, with an internal safety
program focused on coaching operators
when they exhibit unsafe behaviors – and
rewarding them when they’ve done everything
right. We are constantly hearing from
clients about the positive impact of rewards
systems and a focus on improving skills,
rather than taking a punitive approach.
And we’ve seen it work – the program
is associated, on average, with a 50 percent
reduction in collisions. MV Transportation,
the largest privately owned passenger
transportation contracting services fi rm
in the U.S. and a Lytx client since 2005,
The most impactful way to
achieve this level of safety is
to prevent collisions before
they happen with technology
that can pinpoint the exact
areas of risk...
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implemented our fl agship DriveCam safety
program to identify the riskiest drivers
in their fl eet, then provided them with
coaching and counseling to improve. As
a result, the organization saw a 50 percent
reduction in both incidence severity and
frequency of risky driving incidents.
Safety is crucial for every fl eet, and this
is especially true when passengers are on
board – lives being the most precious
cargo. Leveraging technology to gain actionable
insights and tailor coaching based
on real-life events is a surefi re way to better
protect your operators and passengers.
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