Samsara's AI Event Detection Overview

Samsara’s AI Event Detection features work with Samsara's AI Dash Cams to help keep your drivers safe on the road by alerting them in realtime about potentially dangerous situations, such as tailgating, distracted driving, and potential crashes.

Tailgating Detection  and Forward Collision Warning  are outward camera AI features. Before you enable these two alerts, you will need to configure the lane positions of your vehicles. Follow these steps to customize lane positions. 

Distracted Driving Detection focuses on in-cab driver behavior and is only available with our dual-facing CM32 dash cam. 

For best practices and instructions for activating these AI features for your fleet, follow the steps in this article: AI Activation Steps .

Tailgating Detection

• Following Distance detection is available with CM31 and CM32 dash cam models
• Following Distance alerts will be triggered if the camera detects the following distance of 1 second or less for a duration of 15 seconds at speeds >45 mph
• When Following Distance alerts are triggered, you will start to get 10-second clips of Following Distance events in your Safety Inbox
• Learn more about this feature here. 
  
  
  

Distracted Driving Detection

• Distracted Driving Detection is available with the dual-facing CM32 dash cam model only 
• Distracted driving alerts are triggered when a driver’s natural head position is outside their normal range of motion while the vehicle speed is >25 mph
• When these alerts are triggered, you will start to get 5-second clips of Distracted Driving events in your Safety Inbox.
• Learn more about this feature here.
  

Forward Collision Warning 

• Forward Collision Warnings are available with CM31 and CM32 dash cam models
• You will get a Forward Collision Warning if your dash cams detect that a vehicle is on a collision course with the vehicle directly ahead of it
• Note that Forward Collision Warnings are activated during daytime hours only and triggers alerts when vehicles are driving >25 mph to help reduce false positives at slow speeds 
• If these alerts are triggered, you will start to get 10-second clips of Forward Collision Warning events in your Safety Inbox
• Learn more about this feature here. 

AI In-Cab Voice Coaching

You can also turn on optional in-cab audio alerts for drivers to warn them in realtime. Learn how to do so here.