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DriveCam Inc.

Seat Belt Usage Among Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Low

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, July 18th, 2008

DriveCam Inc., a global Driver Risk Management company, announced that seat belt usage statistics remain low despite tougher seat belt laws and increasingly stringent corporate policies. Risk InfoCenter(TM) by DriveCam analysis of risky driving behavior data gathered from 1,985 commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers in the distribution sector reveals that 1,286, or nearly 65 percent, of them had at least one seat belt violation.

DriveCam's analysis follows the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's release of its Safety Belt Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers 2007 Survey earlier this year. The survey provides estimates of seat belt use by drivers and other...

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