Full credit to one of our key clients who, during the past few weeks has undergone extensive EH&S program auditing. Received full points on the ‘Light Vehicle Safety’ element when they rolled out the Digicore reports and showed how the reports fitted with their employee contact and team briefing sessions!

NEW technology that would allow parents to monitor their children's driving behaviour has elicited a mixed response from safety experts.

The in-vehicle monitoring system is manufactured by DigiCore Australia and has been used extensively in the mining industry by leading companies such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.

It can detect excessive speed, excessive or severe braking, unbuckled seatbelts and over-revving of the engine.

Digicore chief executive Bert Keyser said the technology was like a "black box" system. Linked with a car's ignition, it can keep parents informed of driver behaviour via text messages and online.

"When deployed on heavy-duty trucks in the mines we found that over time this technology was able to change driver behaviour," he said.

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'Black box' spies on young drivers'

Stephen Ottley

November 15, 2011 - 6:26PM

"An Australian company has released a device that monitors how a car is being driven and send alerts to its owner via text message.

The device, called the In-Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS), was originally developed for the mining industry by Australian company Digicore but is now available to private buyers.

It can be fitted in any car and according to the company, it is capable of detecting excessive speed, excessive or severe braking, unbuckled seatbelts and over-revving of the engine.

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If the car is being driven aggressively or erratically the system is able to send a text message to alert the owner of the car.

Leading mining companies already use the same technology to monitor fleet vehicles. The device is on sale in 40 countries around the world but becomes the first product of its kind available in Australia."

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