Improving Driver Performance & Safety Through The Use Of Technology

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Improving Driver Performance Safety Through The
Use Of Technology
EMS Safety Net Seminar Renaissance Chicago
OHare Suites Hotel Chicago, Illinois Sponsored
by

Larry H. Selditz, President Road Safety
International, Inc. June 9, 2005
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Black Box Aircraft Flight Data Recorder
Flight Data Recorder Time recorded
........................... 25 hour continuous
Number of parameters .............. 5 - 300
Impact tolerance ....................... 3400Gs
/6.5ms Fire resistance ..........................
. 1100 degC/30 min Water pressure resistance
......... submerged 20,000 ft Underwater locator
beacon ...... 37.5 KHz Battery 6yr shelf life
30 day operation Cockpit Voice Recorder Time
recorded .......................... 30 min
continuous, 2 hours for solid state digital units
Number of channels ................. 4 Impact
tolerance ...................... 3400 Gs /6.5ms
Fire resistance .......................... 1100
deg C /30 min Water pressure resistance ........
submerged 20,000 ft Underwater locator beacon
...... 37.5 KHz Battery 6yr shelf life 30 day
operation
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Our goal is to protect people, property and the
environment.
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Whats that under the truck?
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Oh, its my side door!
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Characteristics of Fatal Ambulance Crashed in
the United States An 11-Year Retrospective
Analysis Journal of the National Association Of
EMS Physicians July / September 2001
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• 339 Fatal Ambulance Crashes

405 Fatalities
838 Other Injuries
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Results Fatal crashes were most likely to
occur

• Between noon and 6 PM (39)

• On improved (99)

• Straight (86)

• Dry roads (69)

• During clear weather (77)

• While going straight (80)

• Through an intersection (53)

• Hitting (81)

• Another vehicle (80)

• At an angle (56)

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Other Results

• 60 of crashes and 58 of fatalities occurred
  running hot

• Most crashes resulted in one fatality

• Most fatalities were not occupants of the
  ambulance

• The ambulance driver was cited in 16 of fatal
  crashes

• 22 of the front compartment occupants were not
  wearing seat belts

• 15 of the ambulances crashes included a
  roll-over

• 64 of the ambulances were severely damaged

• 19 of ambulance drivers had prior speeding
  citations

• 22 of ambulance drivers had prior vehicle
  crashes

• 41 of ambulance drivers were classified as
  high-risk drivers

Defined as a driver with one or more prior
crashes or legal actions
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But we dont have that many crashes in our
operation, so our people must be driving safely
most of the time, right?
Do they exceed the speed limit? Do they wear
their seat belts? Do they hard brake? Do they
hard accelerate? Do they hard corner? Do they
tailgate? Do they clear intersections? Do they
expect the unexpected?
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Questions How does unsafe driving impact
operations?
Impact UHU? Impact Vehicle Availability? Impact
Crew Availability? Impact Financial Performance?
Next Questions What do we do about it?
The answer must be training.
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Comprehensive Risk Management Program For Drivers
Selection Hiring Communicate Driving
Expectations Classroom Training EVOC -
CEVOII Behind The Wheel Training Continuous
Performance Monitoring
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Road Safety Report Example
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Integration Issues Outside the Vehicle

• SSM - SSP
• Policy Compliance
• Risk Safety
• Inventory Management
• CAD/AVL
• Fleet Maintenance

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What Are the Benefits to EMS Fleets Utilizing
Integrated Systems?

• Reduced Equipment Costs
• Reduced Install/Re-Install Time
• Standard Architecture
• Improved Fleet Operations
• Reduced Administrative Overhead

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Here Today Obsolete TomorrowWhats a Fleet To
Do?

• Deal with companies that are imagineers of
  tomorrows technology. They constantly ask

• What will make my customers job easier or more
  efficient?
• How will the new equipment communicate?
• Will internet connectivity apply?
• Can software be easily upgraded?
• Is the hardware designed with tomorrow in mind?

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Road SafetyWorking for Integration

• System Designed For Tomorrow Today
• You have heard of LANs and WANs, maybe even
  CANs but have you heard of a VAN?
• Road Safety is designed to be your VAN

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Road Safety On-Board Computer

• 42 Channel Device
• Industrial Temp
• -10 80 C
• Tamper Proof
• Fault Tolerant
• Designed for the
• EV Environment

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What Does The Future Hold?

• The answer lies in the
• Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
• ITI

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Who Are The Players?

• U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  (NHTSA)
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Numerous Public Private Companies

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What Are Some of the ITI Goals?

• Intersection collision avoidance
• Rear-end collision avoidance
• Smart restraint systems
• Improved navigation routing
• Real-time traffic information
• Vehicle stability warning
• Vehicle diagnostics
• Automated Crash Notification
• Safety event recording

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How Can ITI Help EMS?

• One of the major problems for EMS is
  intersection collisions. That problem was also
  at the top of the ITI goals.
• The following is an example of the research that
  is taking place today that one day will benefit
  EMS fleets everywhere.

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Advanced CollisionWarning System
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Intersection Threat Detection
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Here is an Example ofSystem Integration

• Road Safety On-Board
• Computer integrates with
• a Digital Video System
• and overlays vehicle
• and driver information.

Add a Neural Network
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Road Safety AVL/GPS Solution
In-Vehicle Mapping
Voice Recognition Voice Command System
Electronic Dispatch Navigation
Voice Activated MDT Status
Dynamic Speed Control
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 Hi Larry   I am sending the RS1000 back to you
that you were letting me demo. I used it and
promoted it at the safety meeting my company
sponsored. I hooked it up on my personal car just
to get some data for our meeting. Amazingly, my
stupid sons really gave me some data as you will
see from the attached reports. 
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 Hi Larry   I am sending the RS1000 back to you
that you were letting me demo. I used it and
promoted it at the safety meeting my company
sponsored. I hooked it up on my personal car just
to get some data for our meeting. Amazingly, my
stupid sons really gave me some data as you will
see from the attached reports. 
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Thats Great For TomorrowWhats Available Today?

• SafeForce Driving System
• EVOC Standard Curriculum

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Overton, J., Blake, C., Register, T. 1998.
Maximizing Fleet Performance, JEMS Journal of
Emergency Medical Services. October 1998, Vol.23,
No.10, p. 36-42
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In Summary

• Think about how your drivers are driving today.
• Focus on in-vehicle safety and almost
• everything else will take care of
  itself.
• Solutions are available to you today to
  integrate
• your advanced technology equipment.
• Look for vendors who are committed to
• system integration.
• Thank you - Road Safety, your Technology
  Partner

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Biography Larry H. Selditz
Larry Selditz is President of Road Safety
International, a manufacturer of advanced
On-Board Computer Systems, located in Thousand
Oaks, California. He has over 30 years
experience in the automotive service industry
including 15 years with the Andy Granatelli
organization. There he was President and COO of
6 corporations which operated 243 company owned
service centers located in 11 states, an
automotive equipment and parts manufacturing
business, and a winning Indy car race team.
  With his prior experience as a military pilot
and his automotive background, it was only
natural that he would bring the Black Box from
the aircraft cockpit to ground-based
vehicles.   Today, Road Safety International
provides EMS, Fire , Police, Crash/Rescue
Operations, Commercial Fleets and Teenage Drivers
with system specific solutions which focus on
safe vehicle operation, reduced maintenance costs
and driver training.   When asked what do you
think the critical challenge is for Risk, Safety
and Insurance professionals, Larry said
providing a proactive information bridge to
drivers so they understand how their driving
habits impact vehicle operation. Until drivers
become part of the solution, vehicle crashes,
high maintenance costs and premature component
failures will continue to be a significant
problem and the number of deaths and serious
injuries on our highways will remain unchanged.