Recognizing Our Everyday Heroes

During these trying and unprecedented times, professionals across industries are stepping up—whether it’s grocery store employees ensuring store shelves are stocked, medical and healthcare professionals treating those affected, or truck drivers transporting freight of all kinds. As a small token of our continued appreciation for truck drivers, SmartDrive is recognizing the valiant efforts and sacrifices […]

Operating in the New Normal – Part 4

Ensuring Safety with Work Rules Suspended

As you’re probably aware, the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the federal government to temporarily suspend a trucking safety law that has been in place since 1938. The FMCSA has announced that those drivers who are moving goods “in support of emergency relief efforts related to the COVID-19 outbreaks” will not have to follow the hours-of-service laws, which regulate […]

Operating in the New Normal – Part 3

Putting the Power of ADAS to Work for Your Fleet

Before COVID-19, drivers were used to clogged highways, stopped vehicles and rush-hour traffic around big cities. But, with many people working from home, there are less commuters and far less vehicles on the road. In fact, a recent study reported a 30% drop in the number of vehicles on the road compared to the same […]

At-Fault Truck Collision Risk Reduced in 18 Months With In-Cab Video

Construction Pros

Kienstra cites several instances of company drivers being exonerated and were found to not be at fault, as a result of video evidence from the SmartDrive program.  

How Video Technology is Transforming Safety For Fleets

Fuels Market News

SmartDrive COO Jason Palmer, discusses how video technology is transforming safety for fleets with FMN magazine

Ready-Mix Leader Rasmussen Group Deploys Industry-Acclaimed Safety Program SmartDrive 360 to Reduce Accidents

Powerful Combination of In-Cab, Road-Facing and Backing Video Cameras Allows Fleet to Significantly Improve Safety, Reduce Claims and Exonerate Drivers

SmartDrive’s Powerful Combination of In-Cab, Road-Facing and Backing Video Cameras Allows Fleet to Significantly Improve Safety, Reduce Claims and Exonerate Drivers

The Importance of Video in FMCSA’s Crash Preventability Determination Program

Now that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced that the agency’s Crash Preventability Determination Program has been made permanent, it’s more important than ever that fleets have a video safety program to prove that their driver was not at fault when involved in a crash. Emphasizing this point is the fact that, […]

You Don’t Know, What You Don’t Know About Telematics

WorkTruck

Work Truck paid Leavitt’s Freight Service a visit to see first-hand how smartDrive safety program benefited their operations and why their flatbed fleet is such a success.

Operating in the New Normal – Part 2

Eliminating Visual, Physical & Cognitive Distractions

As asked in last week’s blog, what is normal? While dealing with schedule changes, load changes and route changes, drivers are continually asked to do more and remain vigilant in every detail of their complicated job. That’s why it’s more important than ever to ensure drivers stay focused and not distracted when on the road […]

Kienstra Ready-Mix Concrete Reports Reductions in At-Fault Risks After 18 Months With SmartDrive

Midwestern Fleet Experiences Several Driver Exonerations in a 12-Month Period

During a recent 12-month period, Kienstra was exonerated where company drivers were found to not be at fault, as a result of video evidence from the SmartDrive program.