In partnership with INRIX, a traffic analytics company, Drivewyze by Fleetworthy has continued expanding its Smart Roadways service in 2024 in America.
Last year, Smart Roadways added five states to the service, joining eight others that already offer the Smart Roadway service. In 2024 the number of monthly alerts also increased by 151% and the average number of unique trucks receiving alerts growing by 96% compared to the previous year.
The alerts provide “sudden slowdown” and “congestion ahead” alerts to commercial truck drivers.
INRIX uses advanced algorithms that analyze millions of anonymous connected vehicles traveling more than a billion miles daily in the US. This allows INRIX to identify and monitor traffic slowdowns. The information then goes to Drivewyze and its Smart Roadways platform. Messages such as “Sudden Slowdown Ahead” and “Congestion Ahead” are displayed on ELDs two to three miles before the slowdown begins, giving truckers time to slow their speed.
INRIX said alerts are made possible through partnerships with select state transportation and enforcement agencies.
Drivers receive critical alerts on their ELDs, tablets, or smartphones through Drivewyze’s connected truck network.
Smart Roadways states now include Arkansas, Indiana, Florida (Turnpike), Colorado and Tennessee, joining eight other states in the program.
Brian Mofford, Drivewyze’s VP of Government Experience, said the rapid growth of the Smart Roadways service was making roadways safer by slowing truckers down in critical areas, and by providing important messaging that allows drivers to be safer and more productive.
“The alerts work,” he said. “And that’s driving momentum with states adopting the service.” A Cleveland State study (“Determination of Effectiveness of Commercial Vehicle Safety Alerts”) found that secondary crashes involving trucks in Ohio were reduced by 29% over a two-year period when alerts were given to drivers.”
