• EOBR device to add cell-phone use detection feature

    NavStar Technologies, has signed an agreement with Trinity Noble to add cell-phone usage detection while driving to its portfolio of electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) hardware and services
    Nov. 29, 2011

    NavStar Technologies, has signed an agreement with Trinity Noble to add cell-phone usage detection while driving to its portfolio of electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) hardware and services.

    NavStar chairman & CEO N. Douglas Pritt said the recent ban on handheld cell phones by commercial drivers is a boon to the company’s EOBR product.

    “The ability to provide this feature in 2012 will give us a significant competitive advantage,” said Pritt.

    NavStar Technologies produces products and services for tracking/monitoring and reporting on the location and condition of high value cargo and other assets,

    “Every time a commercial truck or bus driver takes his or her eyes off the road to use a cell phone, even for a few seconds, the driver places everyone around them at risk,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

    FMCSA added that its research shows that reaching for a hand-held cell phone while driving makes a commercial truck three times more likely to be involved in a crash, and dialing a hand-held cell phone while driving increases risk of a crash by six times.

    Field trials of the cell phone detection services are planned for the second quarter of 2012.

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