COVID-19 sent tectonic shifts into every sphere of society and has redefined mobility on both a national and global level. To understand the true impact of the ongoing pandemic on traffic patterns, a holistic picture of the rapidly evolving driving patterns is required. In this report, we share behavioral insights and driving trends identified from …
The term “accident” is often a misnomer. It often has the connotation of being an event that happens by chance or without apparent cause. At Zendrive, we believe that most collisions simply aren’t chance occurrences. In fact, measurable human error causes 90% of collisions. After analyzing more than 15 billion miles of driving behavior, we …
Distracted driving is far worse than we thought. How bad? 100 times worse than the most reliable data available. Zendrive’s 2018 Distracted Driving Snapshot reveals that 69-million drivers use their phones behind the wheel every day, far higher than the 660,000 daily distracted drivers reported by government data. We also know that we really shouldn’t …
Your Driver Persona – how you behave behind the wheel – has important implications for your insurance premiums. Personal and commercial auto insurance is broken. The industry has lost money every year since 2011 and burdened new customers with higher premiums to help mitigate older losses. Much of this is due to outdated risk models. …
Increasing commute safety is a priority for the Bay Area, not just getting to work as fast as possible. Media reception to Zendrive’s recent Bay Area Commute Snapshot was widespread. This proves people are hungry for tools to help them stay safe on the roads. Twenty Bay Area news outlets mentioned covered our inaugural commute …
Bay Area commutes are more dangerous than we’d thought. The average commute is 23 miles, clocking in at 59 minutes. That’s a lot of “wasted” time, and more and more, drivers are trying to multitask. (Our recent study showed that 9 out of 10 drivers compromise their safety by focusing on their phone while behind …
