Detecting unsafe driving behaviors and driving environment factors

Driving behavior: Phone distraction

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Using a phone while driving is distracting and reduces reaction times to road hazards and changing traffic conditions. Phone usage accounts for 20-30% of all collisions.

Our definition of phone distraction

The driver held the shape of a cell phone for at least 2 seconds. For example, they were scrolling, texting, or talking on the phone.

How phone distraction is detected

A Phone distraction tag is applied by:

Cloud AI: The driving behavior is detected by the cloud AI when the video is uploaded to Fleet. The video event was triggered by a different unsafe driving behavior.

How phone distraction affects a driver's safety score

When a cell phone is detected, it negatively impacts the Video driver safety score. Riskier behaviors impact the score more negatively than others.

Our AI model analyzes the common patterns of unsafe driving behaviors that occur months or years leading up to a collision. The model uses this data to predict which behaviors carry a higher risk of collision. Despite the classification level, riskier behaviors impact the score more negatively than others as they are more likely to lead to a collision in future.

High collision predictors are driving behaviors such as Hard braking, Tailgating and Posted speed exceeded. These behaviors will result in a higher point reduction of the safety score, compared to lower collision predictors such as Smoking.

Use the safety score’s Coaching opportunities section to identify these behaviors and prepare for a coaching session with a driver. Discussing these behaviors with a driver can reduce the risk of serious incidents. Keep in mind the following statistics:

  • 20% of collisions involved the driver with the lowest score.

  • Over half of collisions involved drivers with safety scores in the bottom quarter of the fleet. 

  • 80% of collisions involved a driver with safety scores in the bottom half of the fleet.

Driving behavior

Number of events

Likelihood of collision

Rolling stop

2+

260%

Tailgating

2+ classified as Major

230%

Posted speed exceeded

3+

230%

Phone distraction

3+

160%

Based on Verizon Connect customer data.

How to reduce phone usage in your fleet

Follow up by initiating a conversation with your driver. You can:

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