Remote Driver Safety Monitoring Options Expand

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Another incident has resulted in the arrest of a 30 year old man in Western Australia. The police arrested the man after he caused a collision between a B Double and another vehicle.

The incident is highlighted in this post in Moorabbin-leader.whereilive.com.au:

A man, 30, was arrested by police yesterday following a crash on the Nepean Highway.

The West Australian man was arrested following a collision involving a B double and another vehicle about 2.30pm.

Police said the man was pulled over near the intersection of Station St and Nepean Highway

He was later interviewed at Moorabbin Police Station and issued with three fines.

He has been released pending summons for other offences related to the incident.

This incident comes after another woman has lost her life on the Hume Highway. This is the second death since February when a young girl was killed after being hit into by a truck. The second victim a woman who had stopped on the side of the road, was also hit by a passing truck when attempting to step out of her vehicle in the emergency lane.

The truck which hit her was travelling north towards Sydney when it collided with the woman near the intersection of Hume Highway and Golden Vale Rd at Sutton Forrest.

This incident has prompted the father of the first victim to speak out against the carnage on the Hume Highway.

Peter Frazer had this to say, ”The loss of this woman is yet another tragic reminder that when approaching a stationary vehicle, it is essential to slow down and if safe to do so, move over into an adjacent lane,” he said.

The man’s daughter Sarah Frazer was just 23 years old when she was killed by a southbound truck on the highway south of Mittagong. The young woman’s car had broken down and she and the tow truck driver assisting her were killed.

The distraught father began a petition earlier this year to have break down lanes widened. He collected more than 12,000 signatures and started a group to fight for their cause in memory of his daughter.  The group is called Safer Australian Roads and Highways.

Although the truck drive involved in the latest Hume Highway incident breath tested negative for alcohol it is not yet known what the exact cause of the accident was. These types of incidents are not only costly and inconvenient for owners, drivers and other road users but they often ruin the lives of innocent people such as Peter Frazer when they lose their loved ones.

In related news transport operations in remote areas can look forward to much needed assistance from remote driver monitoring technologies.  Because of the difficulty of driving in these areas , satellite communications have been developed to enable operators to constantly monitor their vehicles. By using both cellular phone and satellite technology the system allows operators to monitor vehicles and alerts owners to problems that may be encountered on route.  This technology will be especially beneficial in remote areas where there is often no reception.

This post on Fullyloaded.com.au has more:

Transport operations in remote areas often carry an additional level of difficulty with back-to-base communications virtually non-existent across large swathes of territory.

To help combat this situation, Trimble Field Service Management, with satellite communications specialist Auspace and emergency management provider Dynamiq, has developed a remote driver assist package by combining cellular phone and satellite tracking technology.

The system includes Trimble’s car monitoring technology, an Auspace control interface and 24/7 monitoring through Dynamiq’s emergency operation centre, allowing constant monitoring of the vehicle status and instant alerts to problems with either the vehicle or its route.

The mix of technologies allows the driver to be contacted immediately by response staff, regardless of location. Control room staff can coordinate vehicle repairs or medical and rescue services, if needed.

The whole unit can also be moved between vehicles, allowing it to be fitted to a vehicle prior to trips through traditional communication ‘black out’ areas and reducing the number of units required by a fleet

Source: https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/product-news/1208/remote-driver-safety-monitoring-options-expand

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