Capital Equipment News June 2018

Drive Vision set to change the essentials of fleet management

An on-board dual camera system from global fleet management, vehicle recovery and insurance telematics provider, Cartrack, reduces the costs of managing vehicle fleets, while creating new ways to motivate drivers and improve their on-the-road performance. Historically, commercial drivers within fleets have been far removed from active management and oversight, with limited tools available in helping fleet owners un- derstand how their drivers actually behave on the road. The lack of visual tracking ability has seen fleet managers struggle to achieve meaningful driver skills develop- ment, while also leaving companies vulner- able to poor operational performance and financial losses resulting from accidents. Cartrack’s Drive Vision system is dramat- ically changing the status quo. Drive Vision is an on-board dual camera system that records video footage with a 120-degree exterior view of the road ahead, and a 160-degree view inside the vehicle cab. Not only can fleet managers actively monitor all the footage that they wish, the system also records specific events such as speeding, harsh braking or an unforeseen action from a third-party. Drive Vision’s video is continuously

captured and then made available to users in two ways.

The footage is either buffered in the unit’s memory card for up to five days, and selected time slots can be downloaded by the user via a web interface. Alternatively, footage is also automatically downloaded to the

system when specific events occur, such as speeding or a collision. The captured footage is stored at a web address and is immediately acces- sible to the client at any time. In addi- tion, the data centre’s driver exception reporting mechanism can review the footage against a client’s pre-determined driver behaviour stipulations, creating a balanced and flexible driver performance assessment tool. Cartrack CEO, Andre Ittmann, explains Drive Vision’s importance to companies. “There are two key strategic benefits to the technology. Firstly, the company has a

Drive Vision is an on-board dual camera system that records video footage with a 120-degree exterior view of the road ahead.

clear visual record of events in the case of an accident or legal dispute. Achieving this kind of detailed view hasn’t been possible before, and it can dramatically reduce the costs around incidents and accidents, on an ongoing basis,” he says. “Secondly, Drive Vision is a highly functional, event-based coaching system. It therefore allows fleet managers to develop a culture that rewards excellent or improved performance, while also giving them the power to actively close skills gaps,” concludes Ittmann. ❂

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