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Drivewyze app expands offerings to keep
drivers informed of rest-area openings
While the evolving impact of the CO-
VID-19 crisis on state’s rest-area operations
has created confusion over which sites remain
open for truckers, the need for drivers
to find safe parking hasn’t subsided.
“Not knowing where drivers will find
available parking at the end of each day
continues to be a challenge and a stressor
for truckers,” said Brian Heath, CEO of
Drivewyze.
In response to this need, Drivewyze has
expanded its temporary rest-area parking notifications
to include Arizona, Virginia and
Ohio.
“Drivers are busy driving and don’t have
time to keep track of changing open/close
statuses at traditional parking areas,” Heath
said. “This problem is exacerbated when you
add temporary parking sites to the equation.
New temporary parking is welcome, but how
do drivers know where those are on a timely
basis?”
Arizona recently opened two temporary
sites, and Virginia is now allowing longterm
parking at 10 weigh stations. The Ohio
state DOT has asked Drivewyze to provide
messaging to truckers as an extension of the
state’s decision to keep all rest areas open,
patrolled and safe. According to Heath,
Drivewyze leveraged its GPS-based safetynotification
service to help drivers in these
three states.
“We volunteered to map out all the sites in
these effected states and put our technology
to work,” he said. “Truckers now receive an
automated heads-up notification with open/
close status 25 miles and 5 miles prior to the
rest areas in Arizona and weigh stations in
Virginia. In Ohio, the notification that all
Courtesy: Drivewyze
The Drivewyze app is now
offering updates regarding
rest areas since the COVID-19
pandemic is causing confusion
about which areas remain open.
sites are open goes out when a trucker crosses
the state line. The goal is to give drivers in
all three states a sense of relief in knowing
where they can park.
“This work was done in conjunction with
our state DOT partners,” Heath continued.
“We saw it as a joint mission to help drivers,
and the alerts will continue as long as CO-
VID-19 is impacting parking. We will add
states and sites as circumstances change. It’s
truly a liquid situation.”
In addition to the three new states added,
Drivewyze provides temporary parking notifications
for Pennsylvania and Florida.
Both the Drivewyze PreClear weigh-station
bypass service, and the Drivewyze safetynotifications
service are available to carriers
on supported ELDs and other in-cab devices,
through the Drivewyze partner network.
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