DriveCam Saves Lives by Improving Driver Behavior
DriveCam is a global Driver Risk Management company that reduces claims costs and saves lives by improving the way people drive.
Challenges
Applying intelligent algorithms and data analysis to a variety of risky driving events, DriveCam’s event recorders are triggered by exceptional force and capture moments both before and after a risky event. DriveCam provides users with an online coaching interface so that fleet managers can review data with drivers in order to understand and improve driving behavior. Event recorders are not recording continuously and cannot be used by fleet management as a driver surveillance tool; triggering of event recorder data is controlled by vehicle drivers.
DriveCam’s solution relied upon its customer’s fleet or safety manager to crawl into each vehicle to access the recorder and download data at the end of the day.
DriveCam eventually moved to setting up WiFi infrastructures at customer headquarters in order to provide a quicker, more centralized means for fleet managers to download event recorder data. However, setting up the infrastructure took time and added cost to the overall solution. WiFi also did not scale to address download issues that DriveCam would The company realized that it would need to move to long-range wireless connectivity in order to meet the demands of larger and more distributed fleets.
Solution
Drivecam started shipping event recorders with the Sierra Wireless 3G CDMA embedded module running on Sprint’s EV-DO network in March of 2007 and also employed the Sierra Wireless professional services team for integration assistance and time-to-market support.
Sierra Wireless embedded modules power in-vehicle devices that offer GPS systems and interoperate with a variety of tools and utilities to provide the information and functionality required for today's in-vehicle applications. In addition to the transmission of real-time event data, the embedded modules enable vehicle tracking, routing, and diagnostics management.
The DriveCam exception-based event recorders with the Sierra Wireless 3G embedded module have provided the following benefits:
• Enhanced fleet safety with immediate and consistent access to event recorder data
• Improved management of remote devices
• Reduced deployment and operational costs by removing need for WiFi infrastructure and personnel required to manage and maintain a solution
• Shortened time-to-market with quick and easy installation
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