If all it took to get drivers to stop texting, emailing and browsing while driving was someone telling them to – we wouldn’t be in the midst of a cell phone-related distracted driving epidemic. While there’s no silver bullet to preventing distracted driving, Constructech magazine’s recent profile of ZoomSafer client B&G Equipment and Supply emphasizes [...]

March was a big month for ZoomSafer, with the launch of both FleetSafer Mobile with SafeDial, the first distracted driving solution to be fully compliant with FMCSA cell phone rules, and our new partnership with DriveWyze. Big enough that Business Fleet magazine took note! BF‘s first piece highlighted the fact that SafeDial allows FMCSA-regulated fleets [...]

This week, BLR’s Safety Daily Advisor newsletter ran a two-part series on the important role technology has in preventing distracted driving and featured interviews with ZoomSafer CEO Matt Howard! In two great pieces, Kilbourne explains the current legal landscape regarding employee cell phone use while driving – then examines how ZoomSafer’s safe driving software enables [...]

Over the weekend, The Baltimore Sun published a great interview with Steve DiBiagio, Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances at PHH Arval about the company’s decision to partner with ZoomSafer to launch iNmotion, designed to help corporate fleets prevent distracted driving. Speaking to reporter Hanah Cho, DiBiagio notes that while teen drivers often get the [...]

In a great piece published yesterday, Business Fleet‘s blog examined the impact on commercial fleets of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) new rule prohibiting commercial drivers from using hand-held mobile phones  - and name-checked ZoomSafer as an effective solution. The magazine’s Executive Editor, Chris Brown notes that while many drivers simply ignore state cell [...]

In the aftermath of the NTSB’s call for a total ban on mobile phone use while driving, Network World‘s Nearpoints columnist Craig Mathias recently praised ZoomSafer for creating effective solutions to cell phone-related distracted driving. Mathias does not echo the NTSB, and instead supports a ban on hand-held use (allowing for hands-free), and notes that [...]

Channel Partners featured ZoomSafer CEO Matt Howard in an analysis of last week’s recommendation issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that all 50 states and D.C. ban all use of cell phones while driving. In a great piece by Josh Long, some industry observers remark that such a move by the NTSB is [...]

In a write-up of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) new rule prohibiting interstate truck and bus drivers from using handheld cell phones, Politico notes that “this little bit of rulemaking is good news” for ZoomSafer. The new regulation penalizes individual drivers with fines and commercial driver’s license suspensions – but it also holds [...]

Last week, the DOT announced a new FMCSA regulating banning interstate truck and bus drivers from using handheld cell phones – but didn’t explain *how* employers should fulfill their compliance responsibilities. This week, Fed Tech Bisnow predicts ZoomSafer’s distracted driving solutions will be key for companies seeking effective ways to ensure compliance. Fed Tech Bisnow [...]

In an excellent piece by reporter Steven Overly, The Washington Post‘s Capital Business blog named ZoomSafer as an important and potent solution in the fight to prevent distracted driving. Overly writes, “Even as app makers look to mitigate the risks [of cell phone use while driving], other businesses have emerged to stamp it out entirely [...]