At this moment how many fleet drivers are engaging in known, proven dangerous activities while driving company vehicles,
that are:
• Endangering their lives and the lives of others
• Endangering the damage or loss of your companies vehicle 
• Jeopardizing the loss of multi-Million dollar settlements
• Tarnishing your company reputation in the market or community


Your Fleet Drivers Are 23 Times More At Risk
From a study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI):
• A truck driver texting while driving is 23.2 times more likely to get into an accident than a trucker paying full attention to
the road.
• A truck driver dialing a cell is 5.9 times more likely to crash.
• A trucker reaching for a phone or other device is 6.7 times more likely to experience a truck accident.
For every 6 seconds of drive time, a driver sending or receiving a text message spends 4.6 of those seconds with their eyes
off the road. This makes texting the most distracting of all cell phone related tasks.
“In 2002, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis calculated that 2,600 people die each year as a result of using cell phones while
driving. They estimated that another 330,000 are injured.”


Failure To Act Penalties are Staggering
Private fleets are facing a Tsunami of risk and the potential losses in capital, assets and much higher fleet insurance costs
could amount to a metaphorical tidal wave that could wipe out company profits if a manageable mechanism is not incorporated to
help reduce the incidence of this dangerous driving behavior, and proper management oversight is not in place ASAP.
$49 Million dollars awarded In Trucking Accident Involving Texting
How many companies can suffer the loss of $49,000,000.00 without serious damage to their structure or core? Most small to
medium sized companies will be wiped out or bankrupted with a single settlement of this magnitude. 
There are low cost alternative to multimillion dollar liability lawsuits, that will help them enforce the current laws and provide
substantial management oversight in the goals of preventing accidents before they happen.



Fleet Driver Risk Solutions For “Driving While Texting“ (DWT)

Incorporate DWT Materials into Professional Driver Training 
The most basic form of driver awareness to these dangers is in a formal training environment, from the start with periodic
reinforcements, and case studies when appropriate to try to keep this at the forefront of the driver’s awareness as to the
costs far outweighing the benefits. While this should be an integral part of the solution, this is optimism at best to believe
that telling an driver they should not do something, that is now ingrained in their culture, will have any substantial effect. 

Company Policy No Cell Phones 
It is already unlawful for Interstate or heavy duty truck and bus drivers to use their cell phones when driving, it is still a daily
driver behavior that cannot be eliminated as it is so hard to detect and widespread. While a company is free to tell their
drivers they must not have a cell phone while in the vehicle, the actual number of employees who will follow this policy may
fail to stop usage. Again this is a must for all companies to set a professional tone with their employees and project a public
image of responsible attention to the safety of those their drivers share the roads with.
Often this is more a means to try to deflect blame and public outrage when the company driver ignores what the company
policy is and spends time texting friends or loved ones while driving.

Driver Cameras as an alternative
Those who rely on a conventional driver cam or event recorder to stop DWT, are wasting their company capital and providing a false
sense of security and Federal compliance. The same smiling salesperson who was happy to take your order may have a hard time
getting back to you when your company or agency is named in another $49,000,000.00 lawsuit that you believed their event recorder
would prevent.
Hindsight like truth, can be painfully honest, and no matter how quickly we learn from our mistakes, the knowledge gained form that pain,
it will not bring back the loss of life, damaged public relations, loss of property, it will merely provide the proper perspective that you were
deceived to believe a passive device could ever provide a proactive alert in time for an accident to be prevented.

Drive Cameras cannot alert you when your drivers are “Driving While Texting” (DWT). Event Recorders cannot alert you when your drivers are “Driving While Texting” (DWT). Telemetry Data Recorders cannot alert you when your drivers are “Driving While Texting” (DWT). Windshield Driver Cameras cannot alert you when your drivers are “Driving While Texting” (DWT). Bus Video Cameras cannot alert you when your drivers are “Driving While Texting” (DWT). Vehicle Surveillance Cameras cannot alert you when your drivers are “Driving While Texting” (DWT).

When lives are at stake, there is no substitute for "Active Mobile Video" w/ Cell Phone Detection
from Mobile Video Systems.