Telematics

Safety: Three ways telematics can improve safety

Installing the technology can have a significant influence on the incident rate of a fleet. Here Andrew Ryan looks at how you should use the data

Telematics 12 Dec

Lightfoot welcomes NICE's calls for more efficient driving

Telematics provider Lightfoot has welcomed the news that NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) is calling on organisations to cut harmful emissions from vehicles through the adoption of smoother driving styles.

6 Dec

Teletrac Navman supports Brake for Road Safety Week

Teletrac Navman is supporting road safety charity Brake as corporate donors, to coincide with Road Safety Week.

23 Nov

VisionTrack wins innovation award

VisionTrack has been crowned regional winner for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the Gartner Financial Services Eye on Innovation Awards.

15 Nov

Ctrack launches commitment-free option for self-installed telematics system

Ctrack has launched a commitment-free option for its telematics system, so fleet operators can adapt their tracking without paying for devices not in use.

28 Oct

Oakley Industrial Services keeps driver hours in check with Routemaster tracking

Property management and construction specialists Oakley Industrial Services has kept driver hours in check and premiums down by fitting Routemaster Tracking.

21 Oct

Trakm8 launches Partner Program at Fleet Management Live

Trakm8 wants to find partners to jointly sell its telematics, route optimisation, and vehicle camera solutions through its Partner Program, which launches today (October 19) at Fleet Management Live, Birmingham.

19 Oct

Appy Fleet to launch free telematics at Fleet Management Live

Appy Fleet is to announce that fleet operators of any size, anywhere, can now use the app-based product entirely free of charge, on a permanent basis.

18 Oct

Radius Payments Solutions buys telematics provider Trackyou

Radius Payments Solutions has acquired telematics provider Trackyou in a deal that will add more than 20,000 vehicles to its rapidly growing tracking business.

6 Oct

Government urged to make telematics mandatory for young drivers

Making telematics mandatory for young drivers could save hundreds of lives and the Government millions of pounds each year, says Wunelli.

3 Oct

Variety of telematics leads to marketplace confusion, GreenRoad claims

Fleet managers are being bombarded with so many different messages about how to make their fleets and drivers safer that it is causing confusion in the marketplace, Chris Horbowyj of GreenRoad Technologies claims.

28 Sep

UK’s slowest motorway has an average speed of 24mph

The M606 has been named the slowest motorway in the UK, with an average speed of 24.62mph, according to RAM Tracking.

27 Sep

Overtaking collision captured on dashcam to simplify insurance claim

Collision investigation from an overtaking driver that damaged two vans was simplified by dashcam footage from a commercial vehicle.

26 Sep

Quartix releases new dashboard feature

Quartix has launched a new dashboard feature which allows customers greater flexibility over how they view their fleet’s activities in real time.

6 Sep

Telematics Pro joins Greenroad partner programme

Independent consultancy Telematics Pro is partnering with GreenRoad Technologies to advise customers on the best use of telematics.

31 Aug

Driver distraction tops connected car concerns

More than half of businesses say they are concerned about their company drivers being distracted by in-car technology with the introduction of connected cars to their fleet, according to new research by RAC Business.

26 Aug

Cape strikes telematics deal with FMG

Cape Industrial Services has turned to FMG to introduce driver behaviour telematics to improve driver safety for its van fleet.

25 Aug

Cameras: Pick the right dash cam to protect your fleet

While dashboard cameras have been available to fleet operators for decades, it’s only been in the past five to 10 years that advances have made the units’ costs low enough and their screen resolution high enough to be widely available.

Telematics 22 Aug

Telematics has important part to play in ‘smart’ mobility

Fleet managers can find out about the important role that telematics has to play in mobility management at a free best practice session taking place at Fleet Management Live next month.

17 Aug

Telematics take-up 'almost doubles' in less than a year

The number of UK businesses using telematics vehicle tracking technology in 2016 has almost doubled since last year, research suggests.

16 Aug