Operation Safe Driver Week: More than a Seven-Day Commitment

By: Matt Brunelle, SmartDrive Systems, Inc.

This past Sunday marked the beginning of Operation Safe Driver Week—an annual event launched by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in 2007—to shine a spotlight on safety and help reduce the number of injuries and fatalities resulting from crashes involving large trucks, buses and cars. And with good reason. […]

Selling Safety Initiatives to Executives

By: Don Osterberg, Board of Advisors, SmartDrive Systems, Inc.

Motor carrier executives must view their fleet safety through at least two lenses, both moral and financial. Moral lens: As transportation professionals, we have a moral obligation to both our professional drivers and, especially, to the motoring public with whom we share the roadway, to operate as safely as possible. Financial lens: Generally, all initiatives […]

Thank You!

By Steve Mitgang, CEO, SmartDrive Systems

American Trucking Associations’ National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

Fuel Efficient. Cost Effective.

SmartDrive is proud to be the video-based safety sponsor of Run on Less

Why SmartDrive 360 Was a Smart Decision

By Michael Lasko, Boyle Transportation

Boyle Transportation knows a thing or two about safety. Having heavily invested in safety technology for years and seeing the positive results, they knew they wanted to take safety to the next level with video. But, not just road-facing and cab-facing cameras. They knew that to fully understand what’s going on, both in the cab […]

Driver-Facing Cameras: Why We Use Them

By John Billingsley, Director of Safety, G&P Trucking

At G&P Trucking, we use driver-facing cameras as part of a complete video-based safety program. And, I’m glad we do. I know this can be a controversial topic, but let’s get to the bottom of why we leverage video-based safety technology. It makes our fleet safer. Plain and simple. Vehicles don’t cause accidents, people do. […]

A Commitment to Safety at SmartDrive Customer Conferences

In May and June, SmartDrive launched its inaugural customer conferences, and speaking on behalf of the entire SmartDrive® team, these events were definitely the start of something great. Held in Atlanta and Dallas, the conferences brought together transportation industry leaders from across the country, representing a variety of functions within their organizations, for two days […]

Blog: SmartDrive Announces New Objective Evidence of the Risks and Cost of Distracted Driving in Latest SmartDrive SmartIQ Snapshot for Trucking

Slaven Sljivar, VP Analytics at SmartDrive, will discuss the key observations and conclusions found in this Snapshot in more depth on a live webinar on May 4th. Register for “Distracted Driving: Leveraging Statistics So You Don’t Become One” to learn more about the risks and costs associated with distracted driving and tips for avoiding distracted driving within your fleet.

Blog: SmartDrive Publishes SmartDrive SmartIQ Beat Collision Operator Analysis for Transit

Snapshot clearly demonstrates collision operators commit significantly more fundamental driving errors, speed more frequently and are more distracted when compared to non-collision drivers.

In today’s Snapshot, we share new insights focused on the transit industry, examining operator performance related to collisions

Blog: SmartDrive SmartIQ Beat

Inaugural SmartDrive SmartIQ Beat Snapshot Offers In-Depth Analysis and Perspective on Collisions, Verified through Video Analysis

Inaugural SmartDrive SmartIQ® Beat Snapshot Offers In-Depth Analysis and Perspective on Collisions, Verified through Video Analysis