Motor carriers are getting more from their subscriptions to weigh station bypass services than lower inspection pull-in rates.
On Wednesday, Drivewyze added a new connected truck service to its existing Pre-Clear weigh station bypass service that runs on fleet telematics systems, tablets and smartphones. Using cellular connectivity the bypass service identifies and clears vehicles in advance of inspection sites and weigh stations.
The new connected service, Drivewyze Safety+, has an expanded feature set for an existing Drivewyze Safety Notification service that gives drivers advance warning of high-risk areas on the road. The alerts include an audible warning and pop-up visual on the display of fleet telematics platforms.
A two-year study with J.B. Hunt (CCJ Top 250, No. 3) that involved thousands of trucks found that Drivewyze safety alerts for high rollover curves resulted in drivers reducing speed by 17%.
Safety+ includes the full set of more than 2,500 curated Drivewyze Safety Notifications the company developed in relationship with U.S. states and Canadian provincial safety agencies. The notifications are for high-risk safety zones and include upcoming high-rollover corners, low bridges and mountain corridors — with alerts that tell drivers to use low gears, check brakes, upcoming runaway ramps, etc.
Safety+ comes with a new web-based Drivewyze HUB dashboard for fleet managers to view analytics and reports on how drivers adjusted their speeds in response to the alerts. The analytics put the driver behaviors in context of the location and type of risk warning they received.
With the HUB dashboard, fleet managers can see how a particular driver is reacting to the safety notifications, view the best and worst performers, and track the progress of the entire driver pool.
