Classic Transportation

A New York-based motorcoach fleet selected DriveCam's Driver Risk Management to combat rising insurance costs and operating expenses, resulting in savings of $200,000 in the first year.

Situation

Classic Transportation is the eighth largest integrated ground transportation provider in the United States. Its versatile fleet includes vans, motorcoaches, minibuses, limousines, sedans and vintage trolleys.

Classic has a reputation as a reliable, safety conscious, and customer service oriented company. After 9-11, reduced air travel and increases in insurance and operating expenses were negatively impacting profits for the company. Classic became self-insured to gain better control of insurance costs and looked for ways to improve its loss record to further reduce costs.

Solution

Classic Transportation deployed DriveCam's solution, installing exception-based, video event recorders in each of its 105 vehicles.

• Classic Transportation made Driver Risk Management the center of its safety program.
• By outsourcing the daily review and scoring activities with DriveCam's expert Managed Services team, Classic receives consistent daily analysis and management of risky driving incidents across all of their locations.
• Classic receives all the information they need, when they need it, to coach their drivers in safe driving habits.
• DriveCam professionals trained in best practices for safe driving behavior quickly and objectively analyze events triggered by risky driving and near-misses.
• Comprehensive driver, site and corporate level reports point out trends and identify high-risk drivers by frequency of incidents.

Impact

By reducing risky driving and collisions, Classic Transportation has been able to improve loss runs and lower the physical damage to its equipment.

• Since implementing the DriveCam solution, the company has reduced insurance losses by 65%.
• In the first year, the company saved more than $200,000 by reducing collisions.
• Drivers at Classic understand and appreciate that DriveCam can be as much a protection for them as it is for the company.

Classic is also able to save money using DriveCam for accident analysis. The company had two very serious incidents where it was able to prove it was not at fault. In one tragic incident involving a fatality, the company was able to prove that there was nothing the driver could have done to prevent the accident.

"Before DriveCam, we could only review accidents. DriveCam allows us to measure behavior and identify drivers who are at risk for an accident so we can prevent them. I am so happy with the program that I have introduced DriveCam to all of our key customers as a way to show them our commitment to safety," said Bill Schoolman, president, Classic Transportation.