The science of AI and telematics is transforming the way fleet managers approach driver safety, vehicle tracking systems, and efficiency on the road.
Intelligent 4G dash cams like Crystal Ball’s SmartCam can not only provide HD footage of driver activity but also offer features such as real-time GPS tracking, driver identification and driver behaviour monitoring, and vehicle defect reporting.
As an add-on to the forward-facing cameras, the inward-facing dash cams use AI technology, which is essentially smart facial recognition software that can detect a number of crucial situations, driver behaviour patterns, and safety protocols or lack thereof. The inward-facing camera can detect drivers using their phones, smoking, falling asleep behind the wheel, and becoming distracted or not looking at the road.
In this guide, we’ll explore how Crystal Ball’s AI-powered dash cam SmartCam is revolutionising fleet safety by providing real-time monitoring that allows for the analysis of driver behaviour, significantly reducing the risk of accidents and setting new safety standards within the industry.
How AI-Powered Dash Cams Work
Dash cams have been used to enhance fleet management and driver safety for a number of years, but only now are they graduating into new levels of technological innovation.
While dash cams in the past could only provide basic video footage, today’s smart AI dash cams offer a much wider variety of features and integrations that provide fleet managers with the golden standard of driver training, tracking, connectivity, accident prevention, and operational efficiency.
The key features of Crystal Ball’s AI dash cam software include:
– GPS fleet tracking: Crystal Ball’s AI dash cam SmartCam integrates with FleetTracker, a GPS vehicle location tracking system that works for cars, trucks, motorcycles, vans, and HGVs.
– Real-time HD video recording: The HD video recording capacity of the AI dash cam surpasses that of regular video recording capacities, allowing for clearer, more accurate footage to be captured.
– Driver behaviour system and identification: AI dash cams can identify which driver is operating a vehicle and what their behaviour is like. They score driver behaviour based on key metrics such as speeding, acceleration, cornering, braking, and idling. This key information is provided both to the fleet manager and the driver to help improve road safety, reduce vehicle wear and tear, and improve fuel efficiency.
– Vehicle checklist: Stay ahead of vehicle maintenance by utilising the automatic digital checklist for weekly, monthly, and annual inspections via the Crystal Ball Driver App, ensuring your fleet is always as safe and compliant as possible.
– Cloud-based storage: All video footage and data captured by Crystal Ball’s dash cams can be sent to the cloud, where it is stored for easy management access.
How AI Is Revolutionising Fleet Management
Driver safety and video evidence have always been priorities for fleet managers. But as other sectors embrace artificial intelligence and more advanced forms of technology, any type of business with a fleet must follow suit to operate at international standards.
The need to monitor high-risk situations, prevent accidents, and gather crucial data on the overall driver experience has increased, and dash cams such as Crystal Ball’s AI SmartCam can meet that need.
By utilising AI dash cam technology, businesses with fleets can not only gain a more holistic view of driver behaviour but also increase systemic performance, reduce accidents, and streamline insurance claims.
Here are four ways this innovative form of fleet technology is doing that:
1. Shows risky, inappropriate, or unsafe driver performance
Knowing how your drivers behave behind the wheel is critical for identifying unsafe driving practices and ensuring your fleet adheres to company and legal road compliances.
This is beneficial for a number of reasons. For example, it can alert the driver if it sees them falling asleep, using their phone, or engaging in general distracted driving. AI dash cams make it easy to spot dangerous or erratic behaviour and immediately correct it when necessary.
Moreover, gaining real insights into driver behaviour doesn’t just give your company the ability to reprimand or correct poor performance; it also creates the opportunity to reward good performance, fostering a better culture of transparency and trust within your ranks.
2. Provides proof for insurance claims
In the past, it has been tricky to handle insurance claims due to poor image quality or lack of sufficient evidence to support a claim. But this problem virtually disappears with the support of technology like AI dash cams, which can record and store drivers and their nearby surroundings in crisp HD quality.
In the event of accidents or false claims, AI dash cams can add another layer of proof that driving was, in fact, occurring in a safe manner — or that a collision was the fault of another perpetrator.
3. Provides advanced security and convenience features
Unlike the dash cams of the past, AI dash cams offer more than just video recordings of driver activity. Their features extend beyond just capturing footage of driver operations throughout the day. Features such as real-time GPS tracking, automatic cloud recording, and cab alerts are just some of the ways that these advanced dash cams improve the safety of fleets on the road.
Having access to these additional features allows fleet managers to approach the management of their fleets and the employees that drive them with advanced features that assist and support safer driving.
4. Assists with accident prevention
Accident prevention saves lives and money. An AI dash cam alerts drivers to actions that may be dangerous while driving and reminds them to correct their behaviour before a costly collision can occur.
With as many as 13% of drivers in the UK admitting that they’ve fallen asleep behind the wheel, fatigued driving is a major concern. An inward-facing cam can detect fatigued drivers yawning, closing their eyes, or lowering their heads. It can also detect distracted eye movement and the use of a mobile phone. All of these actions can lead to an accident if they’re not addressed quickly. By sending a real-time alert to the cab, the driver is made aware of their behaviour and corrects it.
Accelerating Into The Future Of Smart Fleet Management
Crystal Ball’s AI smart dash cams represent a new chapter for fleet managers’ approach to driver behaviour monitoring and safety protocols. Equipped with these intelligent cameras’ tools and features, your fleet can become safer, more efficient, and more competitive.
Capturing HD dash cam footage, promoting safe driving habits, tracking driver behaviour, and preventing accidents are all game-changing advantages that can not only enhance your business’s credibility but also assist with insurance cost savings and increase its long-term ROI.
Investing in the sustainable efficiency of your fleet is one of the most impactful ways for any business to remain relevant in a technologically changing landscape while offering state-of-the-art protection and productivity to both clients and employees.
A Smarter Safer Tomorrow
Whether for logistics companies, tradespeople, taxis or travel, delivery, manufacturing, or anything in between, the fleet management industry is evolving to meet new technological standards. AI is here to improve road safety for everybody, and incorporating it through the use of Crystal Ball’s innovative AI-powered SmartCam is an invaluable solution that can be easily integrated across your entire fleet.
Contact Crystal Ball to learn about our range of vehicle tracking solutions that can enhance fleet safety in businesses of all scopes and sizes. You can also request a demo, and we’ll contact you to explain how our AI-powered dash cam, SmartCam, will work for you.