Camera System Combats Unsafe Driving Habits

Technicians at Abacus Plumbing in Houston, Texas, are now significantly less prone to distractions while driving than they were earlier this year — a trend that’s saving the company money and generally improving driver safety. The reason? An in-cab video camera system from Lytx that identifies risky driver behaviors and alerts drivers — and management — when they occur. The cloud-based DriveCam system, which includes forward- and rear-facing video that show the road ahead and the driver, features artificial intelligence technology that detects risky behind-the-wheel behaviors such as cellphone use, eating, drinking and smoking, says Steve Darbonne, the company’s occupational health