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Featured Stories Safety Guides Mobile DVR- January 28, 2025 267
Winter brings a unique set of challenges to the road, especially for commercial fleet drivers who brave the elements to deliver goods and services. Snow-covered highways, icy bridges, and blustery winds are just the beginning. For fleet managers, safety remains the paramount concern, and technology is a critical ally in mitigating the risks associated with winter driving. Among the most effective tools in the technological arsenal is the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) system. Here's how DVR recording can be a significant asset for commercial fleets during the harsh winter months.
Enhanced Safety...
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Safety Guides FAQ / Ask The Expert Mobile DVR Backup Cameras- May 02, 2023 700How do I determine if a safety camera system is right for me? What features do I need in a safety camera system? What does dot pitch measure? What do triggers and event modes do and how are they connected? What do mobile DVRs do and do my fleet vehicles need them? What’s the difference between NTSC and PAL? What exactly is a multiplexer? How does night vision work?
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Featured Stories Mobile DVR Backup Cameras Fleet Solutions- February 01, 2023 260If you're like us, then you're grateful that you don't have to drive a double-decker sightseeing bus around some of the narrowest city blocks.
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Mobile DVR Safety Stats Dash cams- December 07, 2022 1305
Dude, Where's My Car?!
It’s been a perfect storm if you’re a car thief: supply chain issues stemming from 2020’s lockdowns combined with inflation have increased car values AND theft rates in the last two years.
Reported thefts were up by 6% in 2021 from the previous year, and up 17% from 2019!
Whether for resale in the international black market, for their catalytic converters, or for their spare-part resale values, it seems some makes and models have perennial targets on their backs.
These 10 were the most stolen in 2021, according to the NICB:
1. 2004 Chevrolet Pick-Up (Full Size) = 48,206...
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Featured Stories Mobile DVR Fleet Solutions- October 26, 2022 134
Delivery vehicles may not be known for their innovative features (with the exception of a few concept models), but it doesn’t mean they need to be stuck in the past forever.
Upfitting a delivery fleet with safety systems (like those of the RVS + Geotab integration) improves operations, reliability, safety, and even profitability in the long run.
How?
Tracking Driver Behavior & Efficiency
Using telematics to find the most efficient routes are important for any fleet, but even more so with last mile deliveries, since hitting those promised delivery times is the name of the game. Not doing so...
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News Featured Stories Mobile DVR Fleet Solutions- October 12, 2022 184
It’s disheartening how a vehicle’s crash costs can pile up. If you’re a smaller fleet, it’s downright draining.
The costs of repairs are usually what come to mind, but there are less obvious expenses that sneak up and compound over time.
Damages
We’ll start with the immediate costs:
Property and vehicle damages cost tens of thousands of dollars–even more so if the vehicle or damage is beyond fixing and needs to be replaced.
Insurance
Few things in life are guaranteed, but taxes and higher insurance premiums after an accident can always be counted on.
Even if you’re not at fault, expect...
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Featured Stories Mobile DVR Fleet Solutions- October 05, 2022 428
In a time of high fuel costs and inflation, operational inefficiencies can end up costing a fleet more than ever.
Though seemingly innocuous at first glance, idling is one of these inefficiencies–and when compounded, it can cut into profits.
The more time a driver is on the road, the higher the chance they’ll spend sitting and waiting in traffic with the engine running. With a large fleet, this can add up to hundreds of wasted hours a month.
Large trucks consume about .8 gallons of fuel an hour when idling, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
When you consider that the average truck...
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News News Releases Mobile DVR Fleet Solutions- September 28, 2022 195
This is a game changer!
Rear View Safety (a Safe Fleet brand) and global telematics vendor Geotab, are now on one fully-integrated platform!
This integration allows fleets to watch RVS video right from the myGeotab map, search and download recorded footage, stream a live video feed over Geotab WiFi, and see video associated with any Geotab event, free of any subscription fees
Rear View Safety’s high-definition safety cameras and mobile DVRs combine with insightful telematics to coach drivers, improve safety, reduce insurance claims, keep an eye on cargo, maintain high driver...
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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 Mobile DVR Fleet Solutions- July 28, 2021 105
It's mid-2021 and the commercial trucking industry has endured a year of everything from the pandemic, todriver shortages, and extreme weather events.
Like our shockproof 1080 Series, we've made it through that bumpy ride and plan to keep on trucking, That being said, fleet operations that are also interested in playing the long (and profitable game) need to consider making one of the best investments possible: the Mobile DVR.
Why, you ask? It's all in the features, of course:
- GPS Tracking & Live Remote Viewing (With Personal Data Plan)
With a rise in valuable medical supplies, essentials, vaccines,...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Mobile DVR Fleet Solutions- March 26, 2021 117
2020 was not a good year for cargo security.
With the pandemic making every vaccine, food, and essential equipment shipment even more precious, theft affected more than just the bottom line; lives were at stake within any given freight!
According to CargoNet, 2020 was the year of: a 16% increase in supply chain risk events in 2020, a 19% increase in average theft value ($166,334), a 91.43% year-over-year increase of reported theft in Q2, and a 26.92% year-over-year increase in reported theft in Q3. Trailer theft and tractor theft rose 49% and 18%, respectively.
Thieves utilized everything...
