Trimble Transportation 4 Reasons Your Fleet Needs Video Technology With these variables in mind, the evidence is clear: having the ability to properly exonerate your fleet and driver(s) is more important than ever. Implementing video technology can help you do this in a few key ways: Providing a Neutral Eyewitness In these particular scenarios, this means being able to The most obvious benefit of truck-based video systems deliver footage to the accident site, to be seen by law is their ability to clearly capture incidents when they enforcement personnel to help inform their accident occur. Mounted on the front, sides and rear of a vehicle, report and allowing a fleet to more readily clear its name video cameras can provide a neutral vantage point in after an accident occurs. the moments before, during and immediately after an accident. Lowering Insurance Premiums Instead of relying on potentially-inaccurate witness You may be familiar with the adage “an ounce of reports, video can provide a clear depiction of an prevention is worth a pound of cure” and that old phrase accident to reduce confusion and eliminate finger can be applied to video, too. The benefits of video pointing. For fleets, this means either gaining the technology extend beyond just when an accident occurs. evidence to exonerate themselves or, in the event their Having this technology deployed in your fleet can also driver was at fault, speed up the process of settling the have a positive impact on insurance premiums. Similar matter with other parties involved. to the discounts we see in our personal auto insurance, insurers are increasingly seeing the value of video and Sharing Footage Onsite other safety-focused technology in reducing the likelihood The unbiased perspective of video can also be utilized of an accident as well as overall liability risk. immediately after an incident. Video platforms provide the ability to share footage with safety personnel and drivers via their personal devices such as a smartphone. 1 https://www.ttnews.com/articles/trucking-industry-sees-wins-battle-against-nuclear-jury-verdicts 2 https://truckingresearch.org/atri-research/operational-costs-of-trucking/ 3 https://www.trucking.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/TruckingSafetyFacts.pdf 4