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NORTH TEXAS — Sirens and high speeds are a recipe for big accidents. That’s why one local ambulance company has a new system it hopes will keep people safer by preventing accidents before they ever happen. Last year, the MedStar tried out DriveCams by the company Lytx.
It’s a system that has a forward and rear-facing camera, plus it notes location and speed in a vehicle. The cameras record all the time, but the system doesn’t save unless there’s an event to trigger it, like a big acceleration and even then, it only records for the 8 seconds before and about 4 seconds after the incident. Those four seconds are proven to be enough time to cover most of what happens in an accident. And it’s also plenty of time for MedStar Risk and Safety Manager Shaun Curtis. “We had a lot of risk in our driving that we recognized,” Curtis explains.
Risks such as speeding. Curtis says speeding was one of the biggest issues they spotted early on after installing the DriveCams. Ambulances are allowed to go 10 miles over a posted speed limit when responding to an emergency, but often in the adrenaline to respond, excessive speed can result.
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