Ryder deploys Lytx DriveCam technology to improve safety of vehicles

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Ryder System (Ryder), a US-based provider of transportation and supply chain management products, has partnered with Lytx to deploy the latter’s flagship product DriveCam to improve the safety of drivers by combining data and video analytics.

As part of the new partnership, Ryder will deploy DriveCam across its 4,400 Ryder vehicles supporting Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) and Dedicated Transportation Solutions (DTS) business divisions.

DriveCam has been designed to identify behavioural improvement opportunities and further enhance safety through a patented, iterative process of scoring, prioritising, and tracking the results of driving behaviours.

Ryder senior vice-president and deputy general counsel Sandy Hodes said: “As an industry leader in safety and security, we recognise the importance of investing in technologies like DriveCam that enable us and our professional drivers to make continuous improvements in safe practices and driving behaviours.

“Our partnership with Lytx reinforces our commitment to our drivers and our core value of safety in the communities we serve.”

"Our partnership with Lytx reinforces our commitment to our drivers and our core value of safety in the communities we serve."

Over the past 12 months, Ryder has been testing DriveCam programme and is reported to have identified and targeted the top behaviours of the driver that led to fleet risk.

Ryder noted that with the implementation of DriveCam programme, it has been able to significantly reduce more than half the number of near collisions while increasing both following distance and response time.

Lytx executive vice-president and chief client officer David Riordan said: “While the DriveCam programme does the heavy lifting to pinpoint risk in fleets, it’s up to the Ryder team to take action on the insights DriveCam delivers.

“The extent to which Ryder has improved driver behaviour is a testament to the quality of its drivers, engagement of its frontline managers, and highly effective coaching.”