Using In-Vehicle Safety Technology to Improve Road Safety At Work
The ETSC has just released a simple infographic for employers on how to use in-vehicle safety technology - such as seatbelt reminders, intelligent speed assistance (ISA), alcohol interlocks, telematics, lane keep assist ad automated emergency braking (AEB) - as part of a work-related road safety management programme.
It covers tips on:
Getting started
Vehicle selection
Managing staff's use of in-vehicle technology
Working with third-parties
New car technology and autonomous features are truly great and life-saving. That said, they are not available to all today and there is a significant hype which the ETSC advised in March, "threatens to hold back progress... in reducing the 1.25 million deaths that occur annually on the world's roads".
Most crashes today can be avoided and technology - as part of a fleet risk programme - can help reduce risk by 50% or more. The key to this, we believe, is managing driver behaviour. Here are 10 Tips that we/TomTom Telematics published back in 2015 that are still valid.
Also, data gathered by DriverFocus over recent years, provides some insight on HOW the average at-work driver performs - both with and without "supervision" in the form of a "behaviour monitoring programme". For example, just 3% of unmonitored drivers managed to score as well as the average monitored driver!
In short, we're big fans of technology to improve driving for work risk, however creating the right environment that supports and expects good, safe driving behaviour requires a little more thought and effort. The results are real and well worth it!
Download the ETSC Infographic here
Source: https://etsc.eu/infographic-using-safety-technology/