When we hear about distracted driving, it’s typically about texting with friends, searching for a song, scrolling Instagram. But for many drivers without proper tools, essential communication to dispatch is often its own form of distracted driving.
Truck drivers are
9x
more likely to crash when not
using a hands-free device
The dangers of distracted driving
Without a hands-free, eyes-free solution truck drivers have two options: pull over frequently to catch up on critical messages and updates or glance quickly at the phone or tablet while driving. It’s a lose-lose: too much time on the side of the road impacts revenue, customer expectations, and driving times, and a quick glance away can turn tragic.
How we're distracted
Drivers without hands-free tools are often distracted in three different but preventable ways.
Manual Distractions
Moving your hands off the wheel such as reaching to click play on a tablet when a new message comes in.
Visual Distractions
Looking away from the road such as looking at a phone or tablet to see what type of notification came through.
Cognitive Distractions
Thinking about something other than what's happening on the road such as where the next rest stop is.
The future of Communication
We developed Storyboard to keep drivers and dispatch connected without manual and visual distractions. Now there's a driver assistant technology that runs in the background of their tablet allowing for real-time communication between on-the-road and operations teams.
More connected trips, faster arrivals, happier customers, and more revenue with Chat by Storyboard.
Ready to see how Fleet Voice reduces distracted driving?
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