CLOUD & CYBER
“ Connected cars will almost certainly have telematics embedded ”
MIKE BROCKMAN CEO , THINGCO
behind the wheel . This provides the owners of this data with the evidence they need to enforce changes in driving behaviour , such as reducing speed .”
Morris-Fletcher points to government studies ( such as the ‘ Provision of telematics research ’ report ) that have looked at the capacity of telematics to lead to safer driving behaviour .
“ While such studies have determined that telematics can influence driver behaviour in a desirable manner , the assessment is it ’ s difficult to say conclusively that the technology makes people safer drivers .”
However , he says the ultimate reason for this is that telematics simply shows people the behaviours they need to change to be safer drivers . It doesn ’ t force them to drive more safely .
“ The data you get from telematics needs to be combined with driver training to lead to safer driving ,” he says .
Brockman is also a big proponent of telematics , encouraging and making drivers more safety aware . He says , “ Thousands of young lives have been saved from the trauma of a road accident thanks to telematics insurance . If you track road casualty data in young people over the last nine years , the number of casualties in this age group has fallen as telematics adoption increased . That ’ s no coincidence .”
Automated vehicles and the future of telematics Currently , telematics is focused on the health of the car , the driving conditions and the skills of a human driver to analyse risk and produce real-time insights . But what will happen when
88 July 2021