Video telematics have revolutionized trucking operations in recent years. A new study of system efficacy has created controversy amongst the many dashcam vendors.
The VTTI study specifically observed the likelihood of each tested system to generate alerts for these common unsafe behaviors: close following, rolling stops at stop signs, not using seat belts, phone calls, and texting. Motive’s press release highlighted three unsafe driving behaviors where differences in performance were prominent:· Close Following of Vehicle Immediately Ahead
There are no industry standards regarding detection of these behaviors. While the Motive kinematic criteria in the study seem reasonable, another company could have similar but different criteria. If the close-following speed threshold for a competitor dashcam system is 45 mph, the VTTI protocol when run at 40 mph would mark this as a missed detection for that system.
Motive noted that the behaviors were tested in a manner that allowed sufficient time for each system to provide alerts. For example, each Close Following trial lasted for 30 seconds, which the researchers considered to be well above the thresholds for all three dashcam systems. VTTI’s results showed that this experimental protocol failed to elicit alerts from two of the vendors on unsafe behaviors as often as Motive’s system did.
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