| Audience | Fleet Managers |
| Applies To | Fleet Dashboard |
Introduction
Close Following occurs when a vehicle follows another too closely. Motive's AI and Smart Dashcams, can detect this behavior to help prevent accidents. The industry standard is the 3-second rule, but Motive also considers distance, speed, and duration for more accurate results. Safety Experts review videos for Close Following, and AI-based detection is available on DC53/54 models once set up.
| Note: AI-based detection only detects close-following behavior at speeds greater than 35mph, as this is where the majority of unsafe close-following behaviors occur. |
Steps: Viewing close following events on the Motive Fleet Dashboard
- Viewing a close following event on the Fleet Dashboard
- Enabling AI visualizations for close following
Viewing a close following event on the Fleet Dashboard
1. Log in to Fleet Dashboard and click Safety from the left-hand side menu.
2. Click the Events tab.
3. Click the Behavior dropdown filter and select Closing Following.
4. Click the event you want to view.
5. The screen displays media related to the event, along with a location map and event details.
6. The Event Details panel on the right displays the Severity level, Unsafe Behaviors, Driver, Vehicle, and Location. You can also add Notes for the Driver.
7. Click Get videos to view the video of this event.
8. You can see the Duration, Speed Range, and Address at the bottom. Click View Vehicle History on the map to track the history.
| Note: Clicking on the Driver name or Vehicle ID displaying on the Event Details panel takes you to their respective pages. |
| Note: For shorter Close Following events, this shows a full video of the event along with information on the average and riskiest time to hit, duration, speed range, etc. For longer Close Following events, the metadata card also shows the total distance and starting address of the Close Following event. |
Enabling AI visualizations for close following
You can turn visualizations on or off using the AI Vision button on top of the video.
DC53/54 Dashcams have the following visualizations for the Close Following Events:
- The colored lines (pink in this case) display the path of the vehicle in the lane and annotate the vehicle being followed with an estimated time-to-hit at the top.
DC33/34 Dashcams have the following visualizations for the Close Following Events:
- The bounding box in the vehicle will indicate time-to-hit (how many seconds until your vehicle would hit the vehicle in front, should that vehicle stop.