Benefit

In Puget Sound, Washington, a survey of drivers equipped with in-vehicle emergency communications found that 95 percent of respondents felt "more secure" with Mayday voice communications, and 70 percent felt "more secure" with data communications.

September 1997
Puget Sound,Washington,United States

E-mail this Benefit  E-mail | Comment on this Benefit Post a Comment

Summary Information

The Puget Sound Help Me (PuSHMe) Mayday System allowed a driver to immediately send to a response center a notification and location of incidents along with the need for any assistance. Of those drivers equipped with voice communications, 95 percent felt more secure while 70 percent of those with only data communications said that they were more secure with the system installed.

*

Benefit Comments

No comments posted to date

Comment on this Benefit

To comment on this summary, fill in the information below and click on submit. An asterisk (*) indicates a required field. Your name and email address, if provided, will not be posted, but are to contact you, if needed to clarify your comments.



Source

Evaluation of PuSHMe Mayday System

Author: Haselkorn, M., et al.

Published By: Washington State Transportation Commission

Prepared by the Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC) for the Washington State Transportation Commission

Source Date: September 1997

EDL Number: 3184

Other Reference Number: Project No. T9903-60, Task 44

URL: http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/3184.pdf

Rating

Average User Rating

0 ( ratings)

Rate this Benefit

(click stars to rate)


Benefit ID: 2000-00027