Interactive Driving Systems® is an award winning research-led internet driven provider of global fleet risk management solutions from offices in the UK, USA, Australia and Belgium.
The Virtual Risk Manager®, developed by Interactive Driving Systems®, provides corporations and government agencies large and small with the ability to effectively manage their road safety strategy by 'Creating a Crash Free Culture'.
Virtual Risk Manager® assists users to:
• Minimise their risks of fatalities, injuries and asset damage.
• Comply with their legal requirements for Safety, Transport and Corporate liability
• Control and manage their safety costs.
• Enhance their brand reputation through safety.
Virtual Risk Manager® allows users to take better total control of their fleet operations, with systems and tools for Car, Truck, Bus and Specialist Vehicle Fleets in several languages across the world. The system is unique in integrating assessment, training and performance management tools.
With inputs including audits, crash data, risk assessment outcomes, training results and electronic license checks Virtual Risk Manager® users are empowered to pro-actively identify their most 'at risk' drivers and deliver a range of targeted and cost effective interventions.
The main elements of Virtual Risk Manager® include the following:
• Risk Foundation™
• RoadRISK®
• Electronic license / MVR checks
• One More Second®
• RoadSKILLS®
• Performance Management
• CrashCOUNT
• INDEXING
• RiskCOACH®
• CrashRESPONSE
• Fleet GAP analysis
• Staying Alive
• Creating a Crash Free Culture
• Country Assessment
• Manager workshops
• Brand risk
• Benchmarking
• Interactive Highway Code
• DISC Behavior PA
• Driver of the Year
• Communications
• Bespoke solutions
Four of these elements of the Virtual Risk Manager® are described in more detail below:
• Risk Foundation™ is based on a client's Road Safety Policies, Health and Safety Policies and Mission Critical Operational Safety Policies to create a bespoke assessment for use by all drivers every 12 months. New starters must pass it before going 'operational'.
• RoadRISK® is a statistically validated online driver risk assessment of attitude, hazard perception, behaviour, knowledge and exposure, which is available in English, French, Dutch, Spanish, German, Italian, American and Australian.
• One More Second® is an online multi-lingual training program for driver attitude and behaviour.
• Performance Management is the 24/7/365 management information system that sits behind all the online tools to cascade management reporting locally, nationally and internationally.
The following case studies all highlight the benefits that Virtual Risk Manager® users have gained. As well as the safety and cost benefits, Interactive Driving Systems® has assisted them to win major safety awards, to enhance their reputation and leverage wider benefits:
• Van and car fleet: Worst drivers identified as 3-17 times more at-risk than best, claims reduced by 8% over 12 months.
• Van and car fleet: Claims reduced by 30% over 4 years of program.
• Truck fleet: Claims reduced by 25% over 12 months and costs by £500,000.
• Van and car fleet: At-risk drivers on RoadRISK® assessment averaged 0.3 accidents in past 3 years, low risk 0.2.
• Truck fleet: Kilometres per blameworthy incident increased from 50,000 to 200,000. |
