SmartDrive Systems Inc. has hired Pete Van Beek, founder of Training Alternatives Group (TAG), to bolster SmartDrive's fleet vehicle safety improvement service. Van Beek will be SmartDrive's director of safety

and driver training, offering training, learning resources and incentives to educate drivers to drive more safely and productively.
SmartDrive will utilize Van Beek's TAG safety team and resources to spearhead client support, driver oversight, client consultations, driver safety training and fleet safety reviews, on-site and as needed.
Van Beek offers 25 years of transportation safety and security experience, including a driver safety program for Coach USA, focusing on DOT driver physical qualification requirements.
Andrew Nickerson, vice president of SmartDrive's business development, said, "Pete's expertise in driver training will close the driver behavioral modification loop by helping companies keep their people safe on the nation's roads. What's more, through Pete, SmartDrive can be even more pro-active in preventing risky, dangerous driving and costly crashes."
Van Beek brings to SmartDrive an industry-acclaimed driver safety course and interactive video that covers defensive driving techniques, strategies for hazardous driving environments and the effects of drugs and alcohol on driving safety. Drivers gain practical knowledge and skills that prepare them to respond effectively to unpredictable or dangerous situations.
SmartDrive provides driver risk management systems and services, offering high-tech video-capture hardware and professional incident review. The SmartDrive service captures video events of erratic driving and speeding and then professionally reviews and rates these events for subsequent driver counseling. All video and diagnostic data can be viewed by fleet/risk/safety managers by simply logging on to the SmartDrive secure web site.
The SmartDrive in-vehicle video device is mounted behind the rearview mirror and is continuously recording, so events - such as a tailgating, swerving, speeding, or a collision - are saved 15 seconds before the event and 15 seconds after it.

For more information, visit www.smartdrive.net or call (866) 933-9930.