SmartDrive Systems has unveiled its new SmartDrive Event Player, a tool to help fleet managers screen and understand events and coach drivers to improve safety.

The SmartDrive Event Player streams multiple high-resolution videos, with interactive features detailing speed, g-force, and a complete play-by-play of observed risky driving behaviors noted during the SmartDrive Expert Review, a 55-point safety evaluation that scores and prioritizes events based on severity. The new Player allows users to instantly snap the video to any observation in a single click, so there's no need to search through clips to find the important segments.

Coaches can also add their own notes to an event, which gets added to the play-by-play for use in team training and coaching sessions. Using Microsoft Silverlight technology, the Player features quick zoom and keyboard shortcuts that help users navigate through multiple videos quickly.

"Because we transport people, ensuring the utmost safety of our operators, passengers, and the community in which we operate is our top priority," said Virginia Werly, contract operations manager for Riverside Transit Agency, which uses the Player. "The ability to jump directly to the important areas of an event and add our own comments directly into the timeline helps us quickly provide positive, constructive feedback to our drivers, and is highly successful in driving behavioral change."

More info: www.smartdrive.net