The challenges facing high-risk fleets—such as towing and recovery, waste management, and heavy construction—are reaching a critical point. Insurance premiums are skyrocketing, and complex accidents can result in “nuclear verdicts” that threaten the long-term health of an operation. In this...
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The automotive towing industry is facing a number of complex and evolving challenges, primarily driven by rising operational costs, a tight labor market, and rapid changes in vehicle technology. Towing Industry Operational Challenges: Towing Industry Insurance Challenges: Insurance carriers view...
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Introduction The adoption of video telematics systems is rapidly increasing across many industries, including transportation, utilities, construction, towing, waste management and field service fleets. The global video telematics market is projected to grow significantly, with the installed base expected to...
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Mining is one of the largest industries in the US, employing roughly 308,000 people (includingoil and gas). It’s also one of the most dangerous and expensive industries. Vehicles make up asignificant segment of a mining company’s expenses. From small, half-a-million-dollar...
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Commercial vehicles, whether mission-critical or central to the business model, come with major cost commitments. This includes unavoidable maintenance costs and uncontrollable rising fuel costs. When you have a fleet, these costs are (naturally) multiplied. It’s already a discouraging “cost...
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Overview of Video Telematics Systems A Video Telematics System combines telematics capabilities with mobile video technology to provide an additional layer of protection for fleets. In addition to tracking location information, these systems capture video from one or more cameras...
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Verizon insists that you sign a contract for that new fleet dash cam system. In fact, they like contracts so much, they’ll make you sign a new one for every dash cam that you add going forward. That means that...
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If you were to look up the word ‘risk’ in the dictionary, it wouldn’t be inappropriate to see a picture of a tow truck in the middle of a freeway pileup. There are few industries where risk comes more guaranteed...
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In the GPS tracking and fleet telematics markets, there is a shift taking place, whereby businesses with field vehicles are replacing standard GPS tracking devices with mobile video devices. Mobile video devices can be in the form of Dash Cam systems...
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