NOVEMBER 2018 | MassTransitmag.com | Mass Transit | 45
NEW AND EXCITING DRIVER
monitoring solution has just been
deployed in the transportation industry.
It promises to be a game changer
in terms of driver monitoring by automatically
classifying driver violations at a level
of detail that has never been attempted
nor deployed before. Most existing systems
are focused on tracking a driver’s
face/eyes and fl agging an alert when the
driver is not looking at the road or feeling
drowsy. While this is very important, it is
not nearly the entire story. Specifi c behaviors
need to be identifi ed, addressed and
drivers need to be coached on adhering
to overall fl eet policy. Th e problem is that
most of these behaviors go unnoticed because,
thankfully, most of them are not
associated with an accident. Th ey are also
unaddressed because it is not feasible for
a manual review to look at all non-accident
violations associated with a given
trip, because of the amount of data that
is involved. Th is is where EDGE3’s Cloud-
DETECT solution comes in.
With a side facing camera looking at
the entire cabin, EDGE3 CloudDETECT
is an AI platform that can automatically
extract and pinpoint behaviors such
as eating/drinking, smoking or texting
while driving. Th is is a total game changer.
Now, a manager can get small clips of
someone eating, smoking, leaning forward
with no seatbelt, etc. Previously inaccessible
information without a tedious
manual review process.
Fleet managers can also fi lter clips by
violation, can look at the clips, and can
invite the drivers to come in and undergo
training. Just as important, fl eet managers,
using the CloudDETECT platform
can trend out behavior over time, and
monitor as number of infractions go up
or down. An HR review page is available
allowing site managers to write notes
next to small video clips.
EDGE3’s CloudDETECT platform
can extract violations from the raw data
and provide these small infraction clips
to the fl eet managers as part of a more
comprehensive Driver Performance
Management system.
CloudDETECT can look at a 20 hour
video and reduce it to 10 minutes of dangerous
driving and/or commercial fl eet
policy violations. Th ese 10 minutes are
also further broken down and classifi ed
into categories. A manager can take such
a clip, sit down with the driver, and put
a training plan in place, or utilize the
overall trending fl eet data to assess what
fl eetwide issues exist for their drivers.
Tempe, Ariz. Tarek El Dokor
Founder & CEO
EDGE3
Technologies A
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