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 [...]

Over 62% of the people who responded to our May 2011 distracted driving survey said their companies have implemented cell phone use policies – but only half of those companies do anything about enforcement. Why should employers care about enforcing cell phone use policies? In a great article by Matthew Heller published last week, Workforce [...]

Last week, we announced new upgrades to our groundbreaking FleetSafer Vision distracted driving solution. The new version makes it easier than ever for trucking companies to implement FleetSafer Vision to enforce employee cell phone use policies – and Heavy Duty Trucking magazine took notice, featuring the news on its TruckingInfo website! The article praises the [...]

For those who weren’t able to join us last month in Chicago for Insurance Telematics USA 2011, you’re in luck – one of our CEO Matt Howard’s two presentations on how technology and insurance telematics can help prevent distracted driving is now available online! The best part? You can listen to the discussion Matt and [...]

Last week, Heartlander magazine reporter Cheryl K. Chumley interviewed ZoomSafer’s CEO, Matt Howard, to get the skinny on how our innovative enterprise solutions help employers enforce policies to reduce distracted driving crashes, risk, expense and liability. Ms. Chumley asked important questions about our technology works – and what effects it could have on safety, privacy and [...]