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NexTraq customers are now able to monitor and measure driving actions such as hard braking, quick acceleration, sharp cornering and excessive speeding to make sure their drivers are safe behind the wheel.

Tags: Driver safety, driver behavior, NexTraq, Driver Scorecard

OnlineAVL2's new Driver Scorecards measure behaviors such as speeding, idling, harsh braking, high RPMs or other integrated user-defined driving habits, utilizing metrics gathered from Navman Wireless GPS tracking units installed in a given fleet.

Tags: driver behavior, Navman Wireless, vehicle tracking, Online AVL2 Fleet Tracking System, Driver Scorecard

Fleet Elite status is awarded to GreenRoad drivers who maintain a GreenRoad Safety Score of five or less for the full 2012 calendar year, and log more than 500 GreenRoad driving hours.

Tags: Driver safety, GreenRoad, GreenRoad Fleet Elite, Modern Transportation, driver behavior

Out of 147,076 respondents in the study, 4.2% reported having fallen asleep while at the wheel during the previous 30 days.

Tags: driver behavior, drowsy driving, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Nextraq has partnered with Cellcontrol, a distracted driving technology company, which uses a Bluetooth Trigger Unit coupled with a mobile app that can block or restrict calls, emails, texting and web browsing.

Tags: driver behavior, cell phone use, distracted driving, NexTraq, Cellcontrol, driving while texting, mobile app, Nextraq DriveGuard

Aegis will offer ZoomSafer’s FleetSafer Mobile and FleetSafer Vision products in addition to the company's Drive Assist software solution. The combined companies will now be called DriveSafer.

Tags: Driver safety, driver behavior, ZoomSafer, distracted driving, PHH Arval, Aegis Mobility, DriveSafer

Trimble announced that it has released new enhancements to the Trimble GeoManager Driver Safety solution, including real-time alerts and new report formats.

Tags: driver behavior, Trimble, Trimble GeoManager

This study, which identifies the role of unconscious thought processes in texting and driving, found that texting while driving is predicted by a person's level of habit — more so than how much someone texts.

Tags: Texting, driver behavior, distracted driving, University of Michigan, driving while texting

TomTom ecoPLUS provides real-time fuel consumption information directly to drivers and fleet owners and can help companies save up to 20% on fuel and maintenance costs, according to the company.

Tags: driver behavior, TomTom, fuel consumption, idling, eco driving, WEBFLEET, TomTom Business Solutions

GreenRoad will integrate the GPS Insight solution with its driver performance management service to offer customers GreenRoad Advanced Tracking.

Tags: GreenRoad, driver behavior, GPS Insight, vehicle tracking, GreenRoad Advanced Tracking

DriverCare Risk Manager has proven to help fleets reduce their accident rates by 20-30%, according to CEI.

Tags: risk management, accident prevention, driver behavior, DriverCare

Here are 10 safety tips, provided by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety, aimed at reducing aggressive and distracted driving.

Tags: Driver safety, driver behavior, distracted driving

The company said the Coca Cola driver, Araceli Venessa Cabral, was driving a car, not a truck, and worked in a sales role, rather than as a delivery driver, as originally reported by law firm Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys. The driver was also using a hands-free device, Coca Cola said, which is consistent with, and exceeds, Texas state law requirements.

Tags: driver behavior, hands-free, cell phone use, Lawsuits, safety policies, distracted driving

Coca Cola released a statement after the trial, according to MSNBC, that said its cell phone policy is ‘completely consistent with, and in fact, exceeds the requirements of Texas law,’ and that the company disagrees with the jury’s verdict and plans to appeal.

Tags: driver behavior, cell phone use, Lawsuits, safety policies, distracted driving

Telogis Driver Scorecard reports on activities critical to driver safety: hard braking, hard acceleration, excessive speeding, speeding vs. posted speed limit, after-hours use and seatbelt use, according to the company. Reports are configurable to show daily, weekly and monthly trends.

Tags: driver behavior, Telogis, work order management, route management

The report also notes that a much higher percentage of employees are carrying tablet devices, which grew to 64% of respondents as of February 2012, up from 41% during the second quarter of 2011.

Tags: driver behavior, social media, workforce mobility, smartphone, Tablet PC

In addition, the survey by PHH Arval also found that 35% of respondents are investing in factory-equipped safety options, such as backup cameras, forward collision warning and lane departure warning.

Tags: driver behavior, accident management, PHH Arval, replacement policy, personal use policy

Using AlertDriving's web-based training format, the CSA Training Program allows for companies to deploy a consistent training regime to their entire fleet, as well as dispense violation-specific training modules immediately upon discovery of an infraction.

Tags: FMCSA, driver behavior, driver training, CSA, AlertDriving

BLOOMINGTON, IL – State Farm Insurance released the results of a recent online survey of 900 motorists, which shows that drivers are accessing various types of mobile web services at higher rates.

Tags: driver behavior, distracted driving, mobile web services

Particularly, the UK study shows a significant difference in driving behaviors between males and females.

Tags: Driver safety, driver behavior