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58 commercial carrier journal | may 2018 TECHNOLOGY: SAFETY TECHNOLOGY braking and collision mitigation technologies. Its Bendix systems are integrated with the SmartDrive plat- form that detects risk by using lane departures and following distances to trigger video event records and assess driver safety performance. Kelly McDowell, Oakley Transport's director of safety and compliance, says everything managers want to know about driver behaviors and risk is available through the SmartDrive program, which brings all the fleet's data together into "one package to measure safety." Vehicle integrators Among companies that are driving the convergence of ADAS and other safety technologies, truck manufacturers are on the front lines. Besides building tractors and other heavy-duty vehi- cles, OEMs also have become technology suppliers that provide customers with a single source of information through their con- nected vehicle platforms. In 2013, Navistar launched OnCommand Connection, which initially used real-time vehicle data fed by integrations with aermarket telematics systems from Omnitracs, PeopleNet and Geotab. In 2017, Navistar rolled out its own aermarket telematics platform. e name stayed the same, OnCommand Connection, but now fleets with both International trucks and models from other OEMs could install Navistar's platform to expand their fleet management technology to include an electronic logging device-compliant application that runs on BYOD-style devices. Starting this year, Navistar will be installing OnCommand Connection in all International Trucks at the factory. e technology will serve as an integration hub for ADAS and other connected vehicle technologies that its customers use. "We have been successful for a long time pulling data from different trucks into one screen," says Terry Kline, Navistar's senior vice president and chief information officer. "Most fleets don't own one truck (brand), so we do not have any reason to not continue the same strategy." Kline says he can "easily see a future" where OnCommand Connection will notify fleets instantly if a driver has a couple of lane departure events that may indicate fatigued or distracted driving "so that someone can intervene." OnCommand Connection will capture video and data from Bendix's safety system and other cameras on the vehicle. Users will be able to retrieve event footage through their online portal. "We view OnCommand Connection as the connection to the vehicle for those data points on safety, lane departure and collision avoidance," he says. Bringing it together With the increasing amount of available information on driver safety and performance, it has become difficult for a single vendor to supply everything through a bundled subscription package. Some vendors have decided to focus on their core strengths, which for many is to deliver information from a multitude of sources to fleet managers and drivers in a way that changes behavior. Fleet mobility provider PeopleNet continues to add more sources of information to its Onboard Event Recorder that cap- tures data from the vehicle and various ADAS sensors when trig- gered by critical events such as speeding or sudden deceleration. PeopleNet's Video Intelligence uses cameras around the vehi- cle to add video footage to OER events. e data it captures on driver safety include hours-of-service and driving habits, which are brought together into a net score that is managed using its online Safety Analytics dashboard. MiX Telematics is "always looking for different data streams to integrate with," says Pete Allen, chief client officer. e company offers an integrated camera for its telematics platform and has integrations with Mobileye's forward collision warning system and Seeing Machines' fatigue detection system. Alerts from the Mobileye and Seeing Machines systems be- come part of MiX's data stream, allowing MiX users to identify correlations between alerts and driver behaviors caught on camera, such as distractions that cause near collisions. "Driver behaviors are precursors to other events happening," Allen says. Teletrac Navman is deploying a forward-facing camera for its telematics system, Teletrac Navman Director. e system will record video footage when triggered by behaviors such as harsh driving and speeding. Fleets with International trucks and models from other OEMs can install Navistar's OnCommand Connection platform to expand their fleet management technology.