Lytx announces new data on MV+AI-powered technology
Lytx announces new data on MV+AI-powered technology
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California-based Lytx has announced new data on how its machine vision and artificial intelligence- (MV+AI-) powered technology, used to detect and alert drivers and fleets of distractions and risky behaviors in real-time, has enabled fleets and empowered drivers to identify and correct significantly more risk, inside and outside of the vehicle.
Lytx, a global provider of video telematics, analytics, productivity and safety solutions for commercial, public sector and service fleets, first released MV+AI in 2015 to help fleets identify risky driving behavior, such as unsafe following distance. According to Lytx, the most recent enhancements, launched in February, include inside-view triggers, such as cellphone use, powered by MV+AI to help address distracted driving, a problem that costs approximately $175 billion per year in the U.S., as reported in the 2014 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration federal study titled "The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes."
"Lytx’s advanced MV+AI solutions make it easier for fleets to get started with and benefit from AI," says Sathya Kabirdas, research director at Frost & Sullivan, a Santa Clara, California-based business consulting firm. Lytx strives to deliver innovative technology and deploy MV+Al on a scale that will help improve safety and productivity for fleets of all sizes, across all industry segments, Kabirdas says.
According to Lytx, since launching its inside view triggers in February, more than 1,500 more fleets have deployed the company’s MV+AI-backed driver-safety solution.
Lytx says its technology grows by more than 140,000 new driving events each day, further training and improving its algorithms. Lytx adds, this data is incorporated into a system that is able to deliver greater than 95 percent accuracy across 60 behaviors.
Lytx claims its MV+AI enables fleets and empowers drivers to identify and correct significantly more risk, inside and outside of the vehicle, including:
· no seat belt — identified 397 percent more;
· unsafe following distance — identified 332 percent more;
· incomplete stop – identified 243 percent more;
· food or drink — identified 173 percent more;
· failure to stop — identified 188 percent more; and
· handheld device — identified 133 percent more.
Lytx calculates that 35 percent of all near-collisions captured by its devices involve one or more of these behaviors. The company adds that proactively capturing these habits enables driver self-correction in real-time and the potential for deeper coaching in the future.
According to Lytx, Memphis-based Ozark Motor Lines’ commitment to its safety culture led the team to deploy 760 Lytx event recorders with the new enhanced MV+AI risk triggers across its entire fleet in early 2020.
"When it comes to distracted driving, we knew that behaviors like cellphone use were far more prevalent in our own fleet than we could prove," says Patrick Landreth, vice president of safety and human resources at Memphis, Tennessee-based Ozark Motor Lines. "Since activating the machine vision and artificial intelligence capabilities within the Lytx Driver Safety Program, we’re seeing a fuller and more accurate picture of risk in our fleet and are able to bring our drivers’ attention to these risky habits both in real-time and during a coaching session if one is needed.”
The issue of distracted driving goes beyond traditional trucking fleets; new Lytx customer Houston-based Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical has a fleet comprised of light-duty vehicles, including sprinter vans and pickup trucks. The fleet has deployed both the Lytx Driver Safety Program, including MV+AI-powered risk triggers, and Lytx Fleet Tracking.
"Like any organization with company vehicles on the road, we have long worried about the risk associated with cellphone use," says Steve Darbonne, occupational health and safety manager at Abacus. "As a service company, our technicians are trained to give customers a courtesy call before arriving, not to mention using cellphones for alerts about job changes, reassigned tasks and directions. When deploying the new risk detection, we were able to work closely with the Lytx team to customize event categorization so we could understand better where these behaviors were actually presenting risk and how to mitigate that danger. Bringing that together with fleet tracking has been a big win for us."
"With so much data powering Lytx’s technology, we initially saw a major rise in the numbers of risky driving events. Lytx MV+AI was identifying risk inside the cab that we just weren’t seeing before. Now, we’re experiencing significant reductions in those behaviors, as we use that awareness to show our drivers the prevalence and risk of distracted habits, while in-cab audible alerts notify them of dangerous activities as they happen so they can self-correct."
Lytx says its triggers monitor for and detect driving behavior patterns in real-time and are connected to audio alerts designed to help drivers self-correct in the moment. To minimize "alert fatigue," Lytx helps keep alerts effective by controlling their frequency so drivers will be less likely to tune them out.
In addition to real-time, in-cab alerts, short video highlights are selected to be analyzed and further screened by Lytx’s artificial intelligence for accuracy. In addition to the eight risky behaviors detected using MV+AI, Lytx captures more than 50 other high-risk driving behaviors via accelerometer, Lytx reports in a news release. Validated video clips are then automatically sent via a 4G LTE cellular connection from the vehicle to the cloud, where they may be viewed by the client via their Lytx account. Drivers can self-coach as well by reviewing clips independently and leaving notes for their coaches or managers to review.
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Lytx announces new data on MV+AI-powered technology
<![CDATA[California-based Lytx has announced new data on how its machine vision and artificial intelligence- (MV+AI-) powered technology, used to detect and alert drivers and fleets of distractions and risky behaviors in real-time, has enabled fleets and empowered drivers to identify and correct significantly more risk, inside and outside of the vehicle.Lytx, a global provider of video telematics, analytics, productivity and safety solutions for commercial, public sector and service fleets, first released MV+AI in 2015 to help fleets identify risky driving behavior, such as unsafe following distance. According to Lytx, the most recent enhancements, launched in February, include inside-view triggers, such as cellphone use, powered by MV+AI to help address distracted driving, a problem that costs approximately $175 billion per year in the U.S., as reported in the 2014 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration federal study titled "The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes." "Lytx’s advanced MV+AI solutions make it easier for fleets to get started with and benefit from AI," says Sathya Kabirdas, research director at Frost & Sullivan, a Santa Clara, California-based business consulting firm. Lytx strives to deliver innovative technology and deploy MV+Al on a scale that will help improve safety and productivity for fleets of…