Camera monitoring significantly improves safety of HGV driving

Camera monitoring significantly improves safety of HGV driving

Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) are at the forefront of trade and commerce in the United Kingdom. Jimiama Mosima Mafeni Mase (2018 cohort) has been investigating data fusion and mining techniques for analysing and merging different HVG driving data, such as telematics, images, and expert knowledge.

“As drivers are made aware of their monitoring especially with the use of cameras, they become conscious and improve their driving behaviours. With the affordability of in-vehicle cameras, the government can enforce policies that enable all HGV companies to install cameras in their vehicles for safety purposes. We are aware of the privacy concerns with collecting and storing videos of drivers, however, experts in data privacy can guide decision-makers on how to efficiently implement such policies. In addition, decision-makers can provide incentives to encourage frequent coaching of HGV drivers using the videos collected during monitoring as educating drivers has shown to significantly improve their driving styles”.

Find out more about this research in this University of Nottingham Press Release

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