driver behaviour

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Opinion: Why driver wellbeing is a top priority for commercial fleets

Oliver Temple, channel sales leader for EMEA plus APAC at Lytx, looks at why wellbeing is important for fleets and how to prioritise it for your drivers.

opinion 13 Jun

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Four in five professional drivers admit to driving tired

Majority of UK professional drivers say they’ve driven while tired—despite knowing the risks.

Driver Training 5 Jun

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Geotab and Vitality launch safe driving rewards trial

Geotab and Vitality have launched a new scheme aimed at improving driver safety through a reward-based platform.

Driver management 5 Jun

Simon Turner, Driving For Better Business

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Opinion: Expecting drivers to multi-task or multi-fail

Simon Turner, engagement manager at Driving for Better Business, looks at ways at mitigating the risk of multi-tasking for drivers.

opinion 1 Apr

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Unipart Logistics driver wins Microlise Driver of the Year award

Microlise has announced the winners of its annual Driver of the Year awards at a ceremony in Coventry.

Telematics 18 Mar

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Call for drowsy driving test as fleets warned of dangers

Fleets are being warned about drowsy driving, with more than 430 people killed or seriously injured, and 1,276 collisions, linked to tiredness in 2023.

Driver Training 11 Mar

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Record-breaking billion miles travelled by Lightfoot vehicles in 2024

Vehicles fitted with Lightfoot devices covered a record one billion miles in 2024 - the first time this milestone has been hit in a calendar year.

Telematics 11 Mar

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Brightmile sold to Smith Systems

Driver safety management company Smith System has acquired Brightmile, a driver behaviour analytics solution.

Driver Training 17 Feb

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Drivers taking risks to avoid increasing congestion

With Britain’s roads getting busier, drivers have admitted to employing hazardous manoeuvres to avoid delays to their journeys, new research suggests.

safety and risk management 10 Dec

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One-in-two drivers switch off driver assistance systems

The research also showed that two-in-five van and truck drivers experience a dangerous conflict with unprotected road users at least once a week.

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems 17 Oct

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Dangers of hands-free mobile phone use while driving revealed

Despite being legal, research studies have demonstrated that hands-free calls can be just as distracting as hand-held calls while driving.

Driver Training 8 Aug

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Dashcam dangerous driving footage reaches record high

Throughout 2024, there has been an increase in the number of videos submitted through a national portal, with 24,000 submissions by the end of June.

dashcam 6 Aug

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Artificial intelligence ‘essential’ to zero deaths on the roads

AI and video technologies are vital to monitoring driver behaviour and providing interventions and training when required, says Solera.

Driver Training 6 Aug

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Cooking, baking and yoga among ‘most popular’ hobbies for van drivers

Van drivers in the UK are more health-conscious and wellbeing-motivated than previously thought, according to new research from Citroen.

wellbeing 31 Jul

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AI-enhanced driver profiling helps cut fleet insurance

AI-enhanced driver profiling and accident damage assessment has helped Mercia Fleet Management cut insurance costs by up to 25%.

Insurance 8 Jul

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Passenger ban for young drivers in graduated licence call

In Britain, young drivers between the ages of 17 and 24 are involved in 24% of all collisions resulting in death or serious injury.

Driver Training 1 Jul

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New AA ‘yellow’ paper aims to make business journeys safer

AA Business Services is aiming to help businesses make journeys safer for their employees and the wider public with the launch of a new ‘yellow’ paper.

Driver Training 13 Jun

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Teletrac Navman introduces AI-powered driver distraction detection

Teletrac Navman has enhanced its AI-powered IQ Camera system to include driver distraction, mobile phone usage and drowsy driver detection.

Telematics 25 Apr

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Video footage shows near misses with National Highways traffic officers

The actions of dangerous drivers have been highlighted by National Highways following a series of incidents.

National Highways 18 Mar

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Iceland Foods cuts home delivery fleet’s carbon emissions

Iceland is expected to cut the CO2 emissions of its home delivery fleet by more than 1,600 metric tonnes this year thanks to in-cab driver coaching technology.

Driver management 24 Nov