In 2025, a radical change in road safety management will begin in France with the introduction of smart radars. These devices, which incorporate advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), aim to improve road safety. This development promises to reduce breaches and improve overall security, but it also presents challenges for businesses. Businesses will have to adapt the managing their fleets to comply with the new rules and prevent risks associated with the professional use of vehicles. In this article, you will discover the solutions available today to protect your teams and your business in the face of these changes.
Smart radars: a major technological advance
Smart radars do much more than just detect speed. Thanks to AI (artificial intelligence), they monitor a wide range of dangerous behaviors in real time:
- Exceeding speed
- Non-compliance with a safe distance
- Using a phone while driving
- Not wearing a seat belt
This extensive surveillance makes it possible to target high-risk behaviors, thus improving road safety. Their ability to simultaneously analyze several aspects of driving allows for a better understanding of the factors that cause accidents, making smart radars a powerful tool for reducing reckless behavior.
A challenge for businesses: the impact of smart radars
Since 2017, legislation has required companies to designate the driver responsible in the event of an offence involving a company vehicle, under penalty of sanctions. With the arrival of smart radars in 2025, fleet management is becoming more and more complex, expanding the range of monitored behaviors.
For this reason, businesses will need to:
- Identify offenders, especially in the case of shared vehicles
- Ensuring compliance with the new rules
- Optimize the management of their fleets in order to avoid legal and financial risks
Automating the management of fines: an effective solution
The extension of offences under surveillance complicates the manual management of fines. Solutions such as those proposed by Optimal allow this process to be automated by connecting fleets to platforms such as ANTAI (National Agency for Automated Crime Processing). Thanks to This service, the offending driver will be identified more quickly and the management of fines will become more effective.
The benefits of automation:
- Reduced processing time
- Compliance with legal obligations
- Driver certification
Preventing risky behavior: an investment for the future
Managing fines is only part of the equation. First of all, the prevention of risky behavior is critical for employee safety and the reduction of accident costs. Connected fleet management technologies, such as those offered by Optimal, collect valuable driving data, allowing you to identify risky behaviors and assign an “ecological index” to each driver.
Based on this data, companies can then implement targeted actions to raise awareness among their drivers, such as responsible driving training and competitions. These measures contribute to employee safety and reduce the number of accidents, thereby reducing insurance costs.
In conclusion, the arrival of smart radars marks a major step in the evolution of road safety in France. Businesses must prepare now by adopting innovative solutions to comply with the new legislation and thus improve the safety of their teams and reduce financial and legal risks.
