Car dash cams have long served drivers well. A dash cam can give you a second set of eyes while being on the move and convenient access to an instant replay of events encountered on the road. In the past few years, fleet owners have come to realize how useful this same technology is on company vehicles, which is why they’ve been incorporated into trucks around the globe.
While these cameras involve simple recording technology and might seem like a small or insignificant addition to some, they have the power to transform your driving experience in multiple ways. Installing a dashcam on your ride could potentially help you lower your insurance rates, improve training and protect your fleet from false claims of accidents.
Lowering Insurance Rates
While it’s not a guarantee with every insurance company, it’s possible that using a dashcam in your company vehicle could help you lower insurance rates.
Installing dash cams that monitor everything that happens on the road ahead shows you’re serious about safe driving. Which your insurance agency is sure to appreciate – and perhaps even incentivize, depending on which provider you’re using to cover the truck in question.
Historically, companies have offered up to a 3% discount based on the presence of monitoring equipment such as ELDs, which when applied to an entire fleet, can save you a vast amount of cash each and every month.
Improved Training
When training as a new driver, you need all the tools you can get to ensure the directions you’re getting are having the desired impact on your training process to learn safe, legal driving practices. Dashcams fit into your training plan excellently in many different ways:
● Allow you to review driving after each solo outing
● Great opportunity to review and advice on necessary driving changes
● Allow you to see the road – and obstacles – from the driver’s point of view
● See what you are doing well and what you still need to work on
The best part is that when you use a dashcam for semi-truck driver training, you can optimize all the training process. You can be precisely evaluated remotely from your trainers’ office.
You can simply review after each drive, and go over areas of improvement, so you know exactly what you need to work on. This practice can save you a vast amount of your time.
Protection from False Claims
Unfortunately, false claims involving semi-trucks are occurring exceedingly often each and every year. In fact, some drivers cause accidents with semi-trucks intentionally so they can claim the insurance money in the aftermath.
Accidents involving semis can have a considerable settlement in some cases. This not only puts your business at risk from hefty lawsuits but could result in the loss of your driver’s CDL license if you cannot prove that they were not the cause of the accident in question.
When you have a dashcam installed, however, you have all the proof you need that your driver did not cause the crash and have an additional layer of protection against false claims.
Invest in the Best
Protecting your fleet and your job should always be at the top of your list of priorities. Installing a high-end dash cam can help you get the most of your money and can benefit you and your company in a significant way, keep an eye on your fleet, and review any accidents at a moment’s notice. Everything while pleasing your insurance company.
Buy dash cams and other important monitoring tools with M2M In Motion for your fleet today and enjoy the many benefits that these small but impressive pieces of technology have to offer your day-to-day operations. We provide solutions for you and your business. Contact us today!
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