Distracted Drivers Are 23 Times More At Risk
From a study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI):

• A truck driver texting while driving is 23.2 times more likely to get into an accident than a trucker
  
• paying full attention to the road.
  
• A truck driver dialing a cell is 5.9 times more likely to crash.
  
• A trucker reaching for a phone or other device is 6.7 times more likely to experience a truck accident.
  

For every 6 seconds of drive time, a driver sending or receiving a text message spends 4.6 of those seconds with
their eyes off the road. This makes texting the most distracting of all cell phone related tasks.
“In 2002, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis calculated that 2,600 people die each year as a result of using
cell phones while driving. They estimated that another 330,000 are injured.”

Company Policy No Cell Phones
It is already unlawful for Interstate or heavy duty truck and bus drivers to use their cell phones when driving, it
is still a daily driver behavior that cannot be eliminated as it is so hard to detect and widespread. While a
company is free to tell their drivers they must not have a cell phone while in the vehicle, the actual number of
employees who will follow this policy may fail to stop usage. Again this is a must for all companies to set a
professional tone with their employees and project a public image of responsible attention to the safety of those
their drivers share the roads with.
Often this is more a means to try to deflect blame and public outrage when the company driver ignores what the
company policy is and spends time texting friends or loved ones while driving.

Live View Mobile Video
The Second Best deterrent to a drivers use of a cell phone or other distracting devices in the engineer
compartment is the constant possibility that their actions and cell phone use are being watched in real time by
the CMS Operator at their main facility, of that their route supervisor, their fleet manager, or executive
management of the company are watching every move they make.
A single CMS Operator Live Viewing a cellular gateway (MVS-SSD4 or MVS-SSD8) can monitor up to 45
drivers activities in 3G/4G Live View, and at the first sign of cell phone use they can engage the 2-Way
Intercom and remind the engineer "Cell phone use while driving is a Federal crime and grounds for immediate
termination from this company".
Live View is the first functional and effective Real Time solution to this problem before the use of the phone
can cause an accident to take the lives of their company driver or others.
The use of the "MVS-SSD4" & "MVS-SSD8" with Live View via CMS Operator the 2nd most effective means
of Rail Fleet Driver Risk Management relating to cell phone use.

Active Mobile Video w/ Cell Phone Detection
The #1 Best deterrent to a train engineers use of a cell phone is a new technology device that can detect cell
phone use by the engineer, record a single image of the engineer violating law and company policy, then
actively alert the CMS Operator or supervisors via PDA, Blackberry while sending them the image of the
engineer caught in the act, as well as a link to a short video clip pre event and post event to get a detailed view
of what occurred. (MVS-SSD4-CPD & MVS-SSD8-CPD)
Human Nature is not quickly changed. Texting is now part of the social media technology and as such those
engaging in this activity are invested at an emotional level. On the emotional scale of reasons for texting, on one
end of the scale for laudable reasons such as to stay in constant touch with loved ones who may be ill, or the
other end of the spectrum of pathetic sycophant who just wants to be popular with their peers, those with no
regard for restrictions on their behavior when they are alone will often do as they wish without regard for
possible consequences.