SmartDrive Renews ATA Featured Product Agreement for Fifth Year

Extends Commitment to Share the Road Program for Second Consecutive Year

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Jul 15, 2016, 01:30 ET

ARLINGTON, Va., July 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations announced SmartDrive, a leader in driving performance solutions that reduce collisions and improve fuel efficiency, has renewed as an ATA Featured Product provider.

American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight.Trucking Moves America Forward.

"Video technology is changing the game for motor carriers throughout the trucking industry," said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. "Whether a motor carrier is using a video safety solution, like SmartDrive, to improve coaching techniques, identify areas of risk or enhance overall safety programs, I'm confident any fleet using video is finding tremendous value."

The SmartDrive SmartChoice Program is once again participating in the ATA Featured Product program. The SmartDrive SmartChoice Program is a comprehensive video-based safety program that provides fleets the freedom to choose the level of video protection that best aligns with their specific business priorities and needs, today and in the future. The SmartChoice program reduces collisions, delivering results validated by independent actuaries, and includes SmartDrive Shield, SmartDrive Defender and SmartDrive Assurance which offer fleets the flexibility to start now, upgrade at any time and protect their investment by leveraging existing hardware for immediate and long-term video safety needs.

"SmartDrive is proud to once again support ATA and its mission to promote transportation safety," said Steve Mitgang, CEO of SmartDrive. "Our industry is experiencing a shift towards video safety because of its ability to protect fleets and provide unique insights into driving performance. As an innovator in this category, our focus is helping fleets improve safety and unlock new opportunities to drive fleet efficiency – it's the value our solutions deliver and the promise we make to our customers."

Along with being an ATA Featured Product provider, SmartDrive is also a supporter of ATA's Share the Road highway safety program. The Share the Road program is a nationwide safety tour designed to teach young drivers safe-driving habits when operating near large tractor-trailers.

To learn more about the ATA Featured Product program, visit www.atabusinesssolutions.com or call 866-821-3468.

SmartDrive Systems, the recipient of Frost & Sullivan's Customer Value Leadership Award for Video Safety Solutions, gives fleets and drivers unprecedented driving performance insight and analysis, helping save fuel, expenses and lives. Its video analysis, predictive analytics and personalized performance program help fleets improve driving skills, lower operating costs and deliver significant ROI. With an easy-to-use managed service, fleets and drivers can access and self-manage driving performance anytime, anywhere. The Company, which is ranked as one of the fastest growing companies by Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, has compiled the world's largest storehouse of more than 80 million analyzed risky-driving events. SmartDrive Systems is based in San Diego, Calif., and employs 450 people worldwide.

American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or on Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward.

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