Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | AUGUST 2014 55 Text INFO to 205-289-3554 or visit www.ccjdigital.com/info technology operating environment and vehicle type. Its safety experts can customize the scoring to fit a customer's unique business requirements. A motor carrier that hauls high-val- ue freight may work for a shipper that is adamant about drivers not being distracted by mobile phones. The carrier could adjust the severity weighting of this observation to bring it to the fore- front of its driver risk scores. SmartDrive has additional reporting tools to rank driver scores by location and group, and it also can evaluate the effec- tiveness of driver coaching, says Adam Kahn, senior director of marketing. Displaying data Lytx's DriveCam in-vehicle device cap- tures irregular events that are reviewed and scored before the data is sent to the fleet for use in coaching drivers. Most of the data comes not from video recordings but from the electronic control module, GPS and other sources – though the video is critical in inter- preting and scoring the other data. Lytx has designed its online portal to weave this complex stream of data into simple and straightforward visual workflow tools to assess and manage driver risk. The latest portal, version 3.0, has new role-based user dashboards with customized key indicators, including a stack ranking of drivers according to their accident probability. Individual events also are ranked and displayed by severity in a "to-do" list tied to a work- flow designed to improve "coaching moments" with drivers. Customers can reward high-perform- ing drivers by turning off the in-cab camera while leaving the forward-view camera operational. While the safest drivers rarely, if ever, trigger the in-cab camera by exhibiting unsafe behavior such as hard braking, most drivers prefer driving without the possibility of it coming on, says Chris Silver, Lytx marketing director. Modern business systems help simpli- fy the amount and complexity of driver performance data by using scoring mechanisms designed to be fair and clearly understood by both managers and drivers. Transportation Assets: TruckCenter.com Industrial Assets: GoIndustry DoveBid / Government Liquidation Energy Assets: Network International ww w.sellyoursurplus.net sell@liquidityservices.com 888.832.7525 You have trucks and trailers – we have buyers who are willing to pay top dollar to get them – daily. TruckCenter.com can convert your surplus vehicles into cash through our onsite and online simulcast public auctions. 3URYLGLQJÁH[LELOLW\ and full service Our consignment experts can help you get the most money for your trucks and trailers. ! e world's largest database of transpor- tation asset buyers Reserve Option "Make an Off er" allows you to sell to buyers who want to purchase immediately New sales events arranged daily Free storage for your equipment at any of our fi ve secure, nationwide marshalling yards Coast-to-coast network handles consignments of any volume Detailed descriptions, condition reports and images Turn your trucks and trailers into cash Continued from page 52 Lytx's in-vehicle DriveCam device captures irregular events that are reviewed and scored before being sent to the fleet for use in coaching drivers.