New Smartphone Telematics Solution To Improve Commercial Driver Safety, PerformanceCambridge Mobile Telematics Launches Powerful Smartphone Telematics Program for Commercial FleetsGlobal smartphone telematics provider Cambridge Mobile Telematics has launched a new behavior-based smartphone telematics solution to help fleet owners and insurers significantly improve driver behavior, safety, and performance. Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), the global leader in smartphone telematics, has launched The DriveWell Fleet Program, a new behavior-based smartphone telematics solution for commercial fleets. The new offering enables fleet owners and insurers to significantly improve employee safety, reduce the number of accidents and claims and increase operational efficiency and performance. With its new DriveWell Fleet Program, CMT is directly tackling one of the biggest problems in the fleet industry today. According to the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS), the cost of crashes to U.S. fleet employers was $47 billion in 2013 – with $8.4 billion directly related to distracted driving crashes. CMT’s existing DriveWell program, currently used by nearly one million consumers, significantly improves driver safety – showing, on average, a 35 percent reduction in phone use and 20 percent reduction in hard braking after 30 days. CMT expects similar performance improvements for fleet drivers. The new solution, available now, offers insurers, commercial drivers and fleet owners everything they need to optimize the performance, safety and cost of their operations, including:
As part of the program launch, Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance in Japan began offering the app to its commercial customers in July, as a new service called Biz Safety. “Vehicle management through the use of telematics has drawn much attention recently. CMT’s program is superior in the market from both a cost and universality standpoint. We expect that this program can meet our commercial customers’ needs. Reducing the number of accidents is significantly beneficial for our customers, our company and society. We will keep working to reduce accidents through telematics,” said Katsuhiko Sugeta, general manager of product planning at Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance. CMT will roll out the DriveWell Fleet Program to a number of other customers in the coming months. “As the numbers of traffic accidents and fatal crashes continue to rise, it’s critical to address the risky habits of fleet drivers,” said Katherine Wellman, vice president of product and marketing, Cambridge Mobile Telematics. “We’ve seen significant improvements to driver safety and performance on the consumer side, and are excited to extend our safe driving telematics program to commercial fleets. We fully expect this program to improve driver safety, reduce crash-related costs and improve fleet management.” Source: Cambridge Mobile Telematics media announcement |