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Bottling in A86, near Paris.
Drivers from Portugal, Spain and southern France had an exemplary reaction to Monday’s global blackout, giving priority to safety and reducing risky behaviors and adopting more defensive driving, show data from a fleet management company.
Despite the widespread absence of traffic lights to regulate the flow on the roads, the drivers exhibited a exemplary behavior Throughout April 28, during the blackout that affected the entire Spain, Portugal and South of France.
According to a driving data analysis collected by, there was a significant decrease in driving incidents with commercial vehicles during the period when energy has failed.
The company made an analysis of the driving standards of April 28, using telematics data collected by the devices Geotab GO installed in the vehicles, focused on three risky driving behaviors – sudden accelerations, sudden brakes and sudden curves.
During the blackout, the number of sudden accelerations per vehicle decreased 19% compared to the previous week in affected areas. The incidents with sudden brakes decreased by 13%e and sudden curves decreased 9%.
Regarding activity levels, the Number of vehicles in circulation It remained relatively high and stable until the time the blackout occurred. However, from 12:30, there was a drop of 46.99% In the number of active vehicles in the affected areas, while the average duration of stops increased.
In relative terms, There was an increase of 8.21% in stopping timewhich may indicate that drivers had to remain parked for longer periods due to congestion and lack of coordination of traffic caused by blackout.
The blackout did not prevent Geotab from collecting conductor behavior data. When the GO device is outside the mobile cover, the data is stored in internal flash memory of the device, which can store up to 80,000 records in offline mode when communication is lost or interrupted.
When the vehicle returns to a covered area, all stored records are automatically loaded to Mygeotab servers.
“The data collected by our technology clearly show how, even in a context as critical as a national blackoutdriving behavior can adapt positively, ”he said Iván Lequericavice-president from Geotab.
“The significant reduction of risky maneuvers – such as acceleration, braking and sharp curves – It is evidence of a responsible response on the part of the drivers, who gave priority to security, ”adds Lequerica.
“This type of analysis, made possible by our advanced connectivity solutions, shows the Data value in real time and offline To understand and improve road safety, even under extreme conditions, ”concluded the executive.
Geotab, a global leader in vehicle -connected solutions and fleet management systems, processes 80 billion data points daily from over 4.7 million vehicles.
