Replies to post #63785 on Effective Control Transport Inc. (fka EFFC)

[Believer Fever]

http://www.ecnholding.com/publications/CramApril08.pdf

http://www.ecnholding.com/product.php


Once lower levels of alertness are detected, the operator as well as a preselected person or department which is monitoring the CRAM™ systems “real time” data is notified that they need to plan for a rest or reduce the amount of tasks being performed at the same time. The advantage of being informed at the early stages of fatigue or the onset of a lowered awareness state is that it allows the operator enough time to find a safe place to stop and rest, be replaced by someone less fatigued or refocus on the primary task at hand.


By placing a series of optical sensors in front of the operator, the CRAM™ software collects and processes the data needed to determine their level of alertness. There are three levels of alertness which are monitored by the CRAM™ software and generate statuses and/or warnings:


• The first is the full alertness level which means that the operator has full alertness and is operating his motor vehicle, plane, train or marine vessel safely.


• The second stage is the reduced alertness level which is where the operator is now operating in a lowered awareness state. Fatigue is starting to become an issue and a plan to rest or be replaced needs to be initiated. If multitasking is the issue, they need to discontinue the distracting actions and refocus on the task at hand.


• The final and most dangerous stage is the non-operational level; here the operator is technically asleep even if their eyes could still be open. The operator must immediately pull over or be replaced with a more vigilant counterpart.

[doogdilinger]

I heard it analyzes a whole pile of them there face twitches from all the bean head truck drivers on the roadways of america who can't make a livin' in this economy as it is being monitored 24/7 by their company dispatchers existing QC satellite tracking software systems which already know how many HOS regulations the beaned out drivers have been following lol.

I mean heck if all them unionized stateside drivers couldn't pop their beans, smoke their dope or snort their rails anymore for fear of getting CRAM'd there'd be no more freight bein' moved throughout america lol. But wait a minute since so many stateside drivers are already unionized & their union leaders are also beaned out grit sniffin' grass puffin' big wheelers too I doubt there'd be any danger of them there stateside truckers gettin' CRAM'd even if it was ever to be proven to be a marketable commodity.

Now a good old boy canadian company like Transport Robert who prides itself on exemplary safety standards would have interest in the CRAM if it were ever proven to be a marketable commodity...but the problem seems to be that Claude Robert has completely withdrawn from this ever-evolving equation after spending a few months on the big pilot program here...so I guess even a good old canadian safety first fleet like Transport Robert just ain't convinced that EFFC has what it takes to bring the CRAM to market;)