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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0487I Seeing Machines Limited 15 June 2017 \n \n\n \n \nSeeing Machines Limited\n(\"Seeing Machines\" or \"the Company\")\n \nSeeing Machines signs FreshLinc as first UK Fleet customer\n \n15 June 2017\n \nSeeing Machines (AIM: SEE), an industry leader in computer vision based human sensing technologies which enable breakthrough solutions in performance, safety and user experiences, announces its first UK multi-year services contract with FreshLinc, a large temperature controlled distributor, subsequent to launching its Guardian System at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, United Kingdom.\n \nThe Guardian System solution was successfully trialed at several of FreshLinc's depots to measure the levels of fatigue and distraction prevalent in their fleet and to evaluate the effectiveness of the Seeing Machines Guardian system at mitigating those risks through it's in-cabin alerts and 24/7 monitoring intervention service. The three-year agreement will see 320 of the distributor's heavy vehicles fitted with the Guardian System and the drivers further protected by the 24/7 global SafeGuard monitoring service based in Tucson, Arizona. \n \nFreshLinc, already innovative in their approach to driver safety and compliance, are actively working with Seeing Machines to showcase the benefits gained through the deployment of Guardian across their fleet to other UK based distributors, driving superior safety solutions for the UK commercial vehicle industry and highways.\n \nIn 2015 1,804 people were killed and 22,855 people were seriously injured on the road in the UK. Of those accidents, distraction accounted for 25% of fatalities and driver error accounted for 68%, according to the Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: Annual report 2015, Department for Transport.\n \nSeeing Machines' Guardian System is a real-time driver fatigue, distraction and accident prevention service, proven to achieve over 90% reduction in fatigue or distraction related driver events. As well as in-cabin alerts, such detected danger events are tracked and analysed in the 24/7 monitoring centre where tailored intervention programs and ongoing analytics are provided to fleet managers to help minimise incidents through ongoing driver training and wellness prog...