SaverOne 2014 Ltd., a technology company engaged in transportation safety solutions, announced that ahead of the start of the school year on September 1, the regional councils of Hermon, Mate Asher and Yoav in Israel, have installed the SaverOne system on school buses to prevent drivers from being distracted by their mobile phones while driving students to their schools.
As part of SaverOne’s strategic plan to focus on public transportation, and in particular the safe transportation of students on school buses, the Company aims in the coming weeks for the SaverOne system to be installed on the school buses of additional regional councils throughout Israel. The potential for this vertical is 54 regional councils throughout the country, with many hundreds school buses.
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Commented Ori Gilboa, CEO of SaverOne, “Sending text messages while driving has become a global epidemic, not just among private drivers, but also drivers responsible for dozens of passengers. For the parents of students in the councils of Hermon, Mate Asher and Yoav, this will be one less worry for the upcoming year. Unfortunately, school bus accidents are not uncommon and every year, we hear of many tragic accidents causing death and injury to students, which could have been avoided had the driver not been distracted. Our solution therefore offers a highly attractive proposition to this market segment, as the additional cost of a SaverOne system on a school bus, pales in significance against the safety of our children. We are planning on rolling out this solution to additional regional councils and school districts in Israel in the coming quarters, with a long-term goal to provide our protection solution to students in the US, Europe and globally.”
SaverOne systems can be installed in private vehicles, trucks and buses and provide a solution to the problem of driver distraction away from the road, that results from drivers using specific distracting applications on the mobile device while driving, in a way that endangers their safety and the safety of passengers. This phenomenon is considered one of the main causes of road accidents in the world. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the annual cost of road accidents just in the United States, stands at about $870 billion each year, excluding the costs of serious injury or death, with a quarter of those accidents estimated to be related to the use of the mobile device while driving.