We Don’t Need Fully Autonomous Cars To Prevent Crashes
One of often-touted advantages of self-driving cars it will dramatically increase safety and nearly eliminate crashes. However, we don’t need fully-autonomous vehicles to make a significant improvement with that goal. In fact, progress is already being made with forward collision warning and automatic braking systems.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released a study on these advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and found that if all vehicles were equipped with forward collision warning (FCW) and automatic braking (AB) that 700,000 collisions in vehicles in 2013, which is 13% of all reported crashes.
DMV Begins Public Hearing on Self-Driving Car Rules
California regulators deciding how to permit the future rollout of self-driving cars were told Thursday by consumer advocates that their cautious approach was right on, and by companies developing the technology that the state's current course will delay deployment of vehicles that promise huge safety benefits.
The state's Department of Motor Vehicles heard the comments at a workshop held as it wrestles with how to keep the public safe as the imperfect technology matures -- but not regulate it so heavily that it stifles development of the vehicles.
Technology That Gives Time Back to You
AmeriFleet’s technology initiatives focus on being predictive, with the ultimate goal of ‘giving time back’ to the fleet manager.
Case Study: Global Organics Stays on Track with Ford Telematics
Company uses telematics solution to reduce labor, fuel costs by minimizing idle time and total mileage for a lower total cost of ownership/operation.
By Michael Loo, Senior Marketing Manager, Telogis
Technology has caused a shift in business. The availability of data provides companies large and small with powerful tools to make smarter business decisions. Technology may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of an organic food distributor, but Global Organics has transformed its fleet activities with the power of Ford Telematics.
Donlen Named as Finalist in 2016 Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service
Donlen was named a Finalist today in the Customer Service Management Team of the Year category in recognition of our Customer Experience Team including Donlen’s Maintenance Call Center and the Business Intelligence Solution – New Version category for Donlen’s DriverPoint® Telematics solution in the 10th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales and Customer Service. With this recognition, Donlen will ultimately be a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award winner in the program.
“We are proud of our achievements, and we continuously look for ways to improve the performance of our customer service and our contact center,” said Bill Byrnes, Donlen vice president, contact center operations. “The benefit of our hard work is that our customers will have the fastest answer times in the industry when they call our contact center, and their vehicles will be back on the road sooner.”
