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Traffic Safety Commission highlights telematics pilots that helped lower speeds and identify distracted-driving risks
Summary
The Traffic Safety Commission described telematics pilots with Cambridge and Michelin that identify high-risk corridors and measure enforcement effects; a Spokane emphasis weekend showed measurable reductions in excessive speed and Cambridge-derived "phone tapping" measures flagged phone use on 25% of trips in the dataset.
The Senate Transportation Committee on Feb. 5 heard the Traffic Safety Commission's interim findings on telematics projects that use anonymized, opt-in mobile and insurance-provider data to help law enforcement target high-risk roadways.
"We've been the only state in the nation to get the same grant twice" for telematics work, Research Director Stacy Hoff told senators as she described two external grants and work with Michelin Mobility Intelligence and Cambridge Mobile Telematics. Hoff emphasized that all telematics data used by…
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