SmartDrive Systems, a video-based safety and transportation intelligence platform, announced that The Rasmussen Group deployed the SmartDrive® video-based safety program with SmartDrive 360 and Extended Recording in two of its subsidiary companies, Concrete Supply and JMT Trucking.
“Safety is a top priority and a solid foundation for all of The Rasmussen Group companies, so employing a video camera system with an enhanced coaching workflow was fully in line with our continuous commitment to leverage the best tools to ensure safety,” comments Billy Snead, director of safety, Concrete Supply. “We knew that once our drivers gained a better visibility into what was happening on the road and on project sites, coupled with constructive feedback, they’d be armed with the knowledge to enhance their safe driving habits.”
THE RASMUSSEN GROUP
Based in Des Moines, Iowa, The Rasmussen Group represents a variety of multi-faceted design-build heavy construction companies. The Rasmussen Group provides diversified experience across many interrelated constructions fields. The Group has businesses in bridge construction, concrete/asphalt supply, paving, heavy hauling, dump trucks, crane operations, and steel fabrication.
During its research, the Rasmussen team recognized the need for more than a dashcam/safety program that simply captured video. The ability to coach drivers was critical to allow reinforcement of a family-first culture and ensure employees are treated fairly. Rasmussen chose SmartDrive for its proven coaching workflow and its experience in—and extensive references from—the ready-mix industry. The company opted to deploy road- and cab-facing cameras on its dump trucks to protect and exonerate drivers. It added back-up cameras to ready-mix vehicles to maximize visibility to risk and ensure adherence with standard operating procedures.
“No other video safety company has the breadth and depth of experience as SmartDrive,” Snead stresses. “We particularly appreciated SmartDrive 360 and its ability to help our drivers safely back into tight quarters and ensure proper discharge of materials. Since our drivers have gained a higher degree of visibility that allows for more informed and safe maneuvering, we have experienced fewer accidents and less vehicle damage.”
A FULL 360
SmartDrive 360 gives fleets the ability to add cameras on the sides and back of the vehicle, enabling a comprehensive. The solution delivers insight to frequent causes of collisions—such as U-turns, backing, unintended lane changes, roll-overs, and close following. This delivers an unprecedented level of coverage and complete visibility to risk.
“With the SmartDrive program, along with our concerted coaching efforts, we immediately began to see marked improvement in adherence to a variety of important safe driving habits, including fastening seatbelts, following speed limits, avoiding distracted driving, and following too close, which can often lead to costly rear-end accidents,” comments Said Ordagic, safety manager, Concrete Supply. “SmartDrive has been so impactful that we’ve included the SmartDrive Safety Score in our driver bonus evaluation program, incentivizing drivers to maintain a good safety score, which has helped encourage continued driver buy-in and self-evaluation.”
The SmartDrive program includes insights into high-risk driving maneuvers to reduce root causes associated with rollovers, back-up collisions, and more. With up to eight cameras, Extended Recording, and SmartIQ® data-driven analytics, SmartDrive delivers insights fleets require to reduce road incidents.
“We’re proud to partner with The Rasmussen Group and look forward to continued collaboration to ensure the safety of its drivers and the fleet as a whole,” says Steve Mitgang, CEO of SmartDrive. “Our intimate understanding of the unique industry challenges and our unwavering commitment to enabling fleet safety strengthened by our proprietary video safety technology are why The Rasmussen Group and many other leading construction and ready-mix fleets choose SmartDrive.”
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