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Dash cams Fleet Solutions Innovative Tech Artificial Intelligence- January 18, 2023 322AI is the hottest tech topic in the 2020s and it’s not even close.
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Featured Stories Mobile DVR Safety Stats Fleet Solutions- September 21, 2022 561
Few businesses incur daily risks as high as those of a commercial truck fleet.
With some of the largest blind spots on the road, most hazardous cargo, and drivers who spend more time behind the wheel than passenger-vehicle drivers, higher rates of fatal accidents make sense.
Though it’s concerning, it’s no surprise that stats (courtesy of Policy Advice) as dismal as these exist:
- A large truck was somehow involved in around 74% of fatal passenger car accidents
- Passenger-vehicle occupants are 68% of all truck accident fatalities
- In 4% of the large trucks involved in fatal collisions, hazardous...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Mobile DVR Safety Stats- August 03, 2022 210
It’s no secret that fuel prices are hitting some of the highest levels EVER (along with most everything else).
While American households are getting hit at the pump, commercial fleets are feeling it hard, as high costs are cutting into profit margins.
It doesn’t need to bring businesses to a halt. There are some sound strategies on cutting down on fuel costs and they all involve tracking or keeping tabs on driver activities, something a good Fleet Manager is already doing.
These 5 strategies make any commercial fleet operation run a bit more efficiently:
- Tracking engine idling lets a Fleet...
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News Featured Stories News Releases- April 06, 2022 455
They'll take your breath away–figuratively and otherwise.
The U.S. has some of the most beautifully scenic drives in the world, and that’s a fact. A long drive through certain regions of the U.S. can transport you to land's most untamable terrains.
Dangerous (or alluring, depending on who you ask) roads are everywhere from the slopes of the highest peaks to the frozen tundra.
Here are three of the most dangerous:
Tail of the Dragon
Near the borders of Tennessee and North Carolina, on the edge of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, runs this infamous stretch of U.S. Route 129. With a...
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News Featured Stories News Releases- February 16, 2022 66
It’s been approximately 3 weeks since Canada mandated vaccines for truckers crossing the border, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the backlash.* In fact, many theorize that the blockades and protests will grow.
If continued, these protests can cascade into problems that will hit close to home for many Americans:
- Manufacturing Job Cuts/Reduced Capacities
The focal point of the protests, Ambassador Bridge, is responsible for roughly 1/3rd of America’s auto industry supplies. Car plants, including some of Toyota’s and GM’s, have already been cutting back on shifts since the protests...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Fleet Solutions- June 04, 2021 84
Though it’s been one of the hottest tech stories over the past few recent years, one recent headline in particular is making autonomous-driving technology much more of a reality than it’s ever been.
The TuSimple company’s self-driving semi-truck just completed a 951 mile route, delivering watermelons, from Arizona to Oklahoma in just 14 hours and 6 minutes--a route which would usually take around 24 hours with a human driver.
To anyone reading this, it sounds like it spells disaster for the future of professional truck drivers going forward. After all, who doesn’t want their watermelon a full...
