| Audience | Fleet Admins |
| Applies To | Fleet Dashboard |
Introduction
Motive's Unsafe Parking Detection uses AI to identify vehicles parked in hazardous locations on highway shoulders and major thoroughfares, notifying safety managers in real-time. By detecting unsafe parking in these high-risk areas, this feature enhances safety, helps prevent accidents, and supports compliance with regulations.
How Unsafe Parking Warning AI Detection Helps You
Unsafe Parking AI is designed to enhance fleet safety by detecting when vehicles are parked in high-risk areas, reducing the chance of theft or vandalism.
- Type of Unsafe Parking Warning behaviors
- Does my device support Unsafe Parking detection?
- Enabling Unsafe Parking AI
- How does Unsafe Parking AI work?
- Viewing Unsafe Parking events
- Creating alerts & notifications when an Unsafe Parking event occurs
- How is Severity calculated for Unsafe Parking?
- How are drivers notified of Unsafe Parking?
- View Unsafe Parking in Fleet Dashboard
Types of Unsafe Parking Scenarios
There are several scenarios of unsafe parking behaviors that can be detected by our new Unsafe Parking AI feature:
| Highways / Freeways | |
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Highways / Freeways: A Driver may pull over on the shoulder of a highway due to mechanical issues, an emergency, to take a break, inclement weather or to address any health-related concerns of the Driver. |
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| Exits / On-ramps | |
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Exits / On-ramps: A Driver might stop on an off-ramp if the Driver is lost, experiencing vehicle trouble, or waiting for traffic to clear before proceeding.
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| Parkway Shoulder | |
| Parkway Shoulder: A Driver may typically stop for emergencies, such as flat tires, or overheated engines, to take a break, or inclement weather as stopping is generally prohibited except in urgent situations. | |
| Inclement Weather: | |
| Inclement Weather: A Driver may pull over to the side of the road or shoulder to wait out hazardous conditions such as heavy rain, snow, fog, or poor visibility. | |
| 2-Lane Road | |
| 2-Lane Road: A Driver may pull over to the side to allow faster traffic to pass, address a mechanical issue, or respond to an emergency. | |
Does my device support Unsafe Parking AI?
The Unsafe Parking AI feature is supported on road-facing and dual-facing AI Dashcams (AIDC-53, AIDC-54) and requires an Enterprise subscription.
To confirm whether your fleet’s hardware is compatible:
- Check the Device Compatibility List in the Help Center.
- Ensure your AI Dashcam and telematics device firmware is up to date.
- Contact your fleet administrator or customer support for assistance
Enabling Unsafe Parking AI
Unsafe Parking event detection is enabled by default. Settings options can be found in the new Unsafe Behavior Detection and Event Intelligence page in the Admin > Safety section of the dashboard.
1. Navigate to the Admin section from the main Fleet View dashboard.
2. Click Safety.
3. Click Unsafe Behavior Detection and Event Intelligence.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and locate the Unsafe Behavior Detection: BETA section, and click Edit. Events are enabled by default.
5. Click Save to confirm.
How does Unsafe Parking AI work?
The AI Dashcam detects Unsafe Parking under specific conditions:
- Detection: The AI model identifies when a vehicle is parked in a high-risk or unauthorized area using camera vision and GPS data.
- Location Analysis: The system verifies the vehicle’s location by cross-referencing it with posted speed limits, ensuring it is parked on a road with a speed limit of 45 mph or higher.
- Time and Duration Monitoring: The system tracks how long the vehicle remains in an unsafe area, triggering an event if the duration exceeds 3 minutes or more.
Once an Unsafe Parking event is detected, the Motive platform takes the following actions:
- Unsafe Parking Safety Event: A video event is generated and published under Safety > Events in the Motive Fleet Dashboard.
- Email Notification: Fleet Admins or Managers receive alerts if alerts are configured.
- Driver Mobile Coaching: If auto-coaching is enabled, Drivers are notified in the Motive Driver App about high-severity Unsafe Parking events.
| Note: Unsafe Parking AI detection doesn’t currently support in-cab alerts. The AI model is still being trained to ensure accuracy before triggering alerts. |
Viewing Unsafe Parking events
1. Log in to Fleet Dashboard and click Safety.
2. Click Events.
3. Use the Behavior filter on the report to search for Unsafe Parking
Creating alerts & notifications when Unsafe Parking event occurs
1. In the Platforms dropdown, click Alerts.
2. Click Create Alert.
3. Select Unsafe parking from the Type dropdown.
4. Fill in the remaining details for the desired configuration.
5. Click Save.
How is Severity calculated for Unsafe Parking?
Unsafe Parking severity is always be marked as HIGH. Due to the severe risk of any Unsafe Parking event occurring on high speed roads, the risk of catastrophic accidents is significant.
Additionally, by demarcating these events as HIGH, it is also automatically be coached to Drivers for Customers who enable auto-coaching for HIGH severity events.
| LOW: Not applicable | MED: Not applicable | HIGH: All events |
How are drivers notified of Unsafe Parking?
- Unsafe Parking Mobile Coaching: Drivers get automatic notifications in the Motive Driver App for unsafe parking events if auto-coaching is enabled.
| Note: In-cab alerts are currently unavailable for Unsafe Parking at this time. |
View Unsafe Parking in Fleet Dashboard
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Safety Event List: Unsafe Parking |
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Safety Event Detail - Unsafe Parking |
| Unsafe Parking Email Notifications |