Work Truck’s Wayne Parham explores what environmental threats fleets face. Brendon Hill, senior vice president of product at Lytx, explains that analytics based on more than a million vehicles and 25 years in the fleet safety space reveal that weather significantly impacts fleet safety.
Hill discusses how adverse conditions like snow, rain, and low visibility can increase collision risk by two to five times, and rain is particularly problematic due to its frequency.
The risks extend to people, equipment, and reputation, with significant liability risks in the event of collisions. However, real-time weather data can help fleets make safer decisions.
In this video, you will hear about:
The challenge of predicting low visibility due to fog, which can be localized and difficult to anticipate based on general weather reports.
How fleets should develop and share a road-level, in-the-moment weather visibility product or data feed that flags localized low-visibility areas for drivers and dispatchers.
The importance of having detailed, real-time information about road conditions to make safer decisions.
The need for fleets to adapt their driving habits to different weather conditions, especially when operating in various geographic regions.
How fleets can analyze telematics and weather data to quantify collision risk multipliers for snow, rain, and low visibility, and produce a short report summarizing findings and recommendations.