Featured in the News
On Tuesday, March 15, a DriveCam event recorder captured the effects leading up to and during a horrific accident in the Long Island LIE involving an out of control 18-wheeler, a Classic Transportation bus, and an Audi TT. Fortunately and unbelievably, there were no casualties. Though the Audi driver had no recollection of the event, he sustained only minor injuries. DriveCam documented the event and proved that the bus driver was not at fault. Following are excerpts from the news coverage.
CBS News
DriveCam CEO Bruce Moeller, "I can't imagine trying to reconstruct what happened from just eyewitnesses or from memory with almost no time at all to react. If I were an insurance company, I don't think I'd have any vehicle out there without this on it, because there are millions of dollars that are at stake here in accident reconstruction and litigation costs, and try to decide who is at fault, and more importantly than all of that, it to avoid it in the first place."
NBC Today
Crash Survivor says he was in shock. A device called the DriveCam is showing how accidents occur. Bruce Moeller says it tells you the truth.
ABC World News Tonight
Usually after an accident, police rely on eyewitnesses to figure out what happened. But in this crash they had something else – video.
"It can alert a driver, they're not driving safely. And after the event, show drivers what they did wrong. They learn to drive the less abruptly and less severely. They look ahead. They don't tailgate. They don't swerve. They don't do the things that would cause the camera to trigger. The bus company involved in yesterday's crash, says DriveCam has cut its accident rate by more than 60%."
CNN American Morning
In every single case DriveCam has had a minimum of a 30% reduction in accidents and incidents.
Usage of these CNN materials does not constitute an implied or express endorsement by CNN.
CNN Paula Zahn Now
Private vehicles are using dashboard cameras as well as commercial. Bill Schoolman, president Classic Transportation, "It's a great business decision because we save money on insurance. This camera is the cop in their rearview mirror." In an interview with Joan Claybrook, former National Highway and Safety Administration and president Public Citizen, "This video tells the real story, that's why it's so valuable, you can use it for training of drivers." And Brian Pacelli, Audi Driver and survivor of the LIE crash, "This video turned me into a safety advocate."
Usage of these CNN materials does not constitute an implied or express endorsement by CNN.
|
