Fleetworthy this week announced the official launch of its Expedited Inspection feature available through its Drivewyze offering in Nevada.
Following what the company said were successful pilot programs, and with demos ongoing in various forms for many years in a variety of states, the capability is now available to fleets passing through weigh station sites in Nevada. The expedited inspection will first be available there through Drivewyze in combination with either Geotab or Platform Science electronic logging devices (ELDs). Additional states offering the capability will be announced soon, the company said, likewise additional ELD platforms.
Fleetworthy expected the expedited inspection to "be available with additional providers in the near future."
Expedited Inspection will allow fleet and vehicle registration data, as well as a driver's hours of service data, to be transmitted electronically to officers at roadside, Fleetworthy said, to pre-fill inspection forms.
The company added that the reduction in manual data entry, coupled with streamlining the transfer of critical inspection data, could make roadside inspections quicker, decreasing time spent at inspection sites and helping reduce the risk of violations -- particularly those related to failing to produce hours-of-service data, a top 20 violation category.
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“We’re thrilled to announce this industry-first capability, starting with Nevada,” said Shay Demmons, Chief Product Officer at Fleetworthy. Drivewyze PreClear customers “can activate Expedited Inspection through their ELD, and once done, they’re set with Nevada and any new states as they come on board.”
With Drivewyze PreClear, fleets and owner-operators receive weigh station bypasses based on their safety scores. Anyone can still be randomly pulled in, though, where Expedited Inspection could pay off in reducing time, the company noted. By automating traditional time-intensive and manual elements of the inspection process, Expedited Inspection hopes to save truckers time, money, fuel, and stress.
“Nevada is proud to lead the way with technology that benefits the entire industry by helping keep freight moving safely and efficiently,” said Nevada Highway Patrol Lt. Tappan Cornmesser. “By partnering with Drivewyze by Fleetworthy on Expedited Inspection, we’re empowering our officers with tools that reduce manual tasks and accelerate inspections. Automating the secure transfer of hours-of-service records and pre-filling inspection forms allows us to focus on enforcement, not paperwork, which saves time for drivers, boosts accuracy, and keeps commerce flowing.”
There are just four fleets participating in the program in Nevada currently, Lt. Cornmesser added, yet "as the program evolves there will be more opportunities" with its availability and the addition of the service through other ELD providers. He noted Fleetworthy Drivewyze product reps told him any ELD provider wishing to offer expedited-inspection service to customers through their product should contact Drivewyze directly about potential implementation.
What it does for Nevada Highway Patrol is give weigh station personnel another layer to the dashboard they use for Drivewyze as the truck approaches -- an "Expedited Inspection" tab a screener can click on to populate all the information.
There is no "Personally Identifiable Information" like the driver's name, license and etc. transmitted. Nor does it rise to the much-talked-about Level 8, purely electronic inspection. "It's not an actual hands-off inspection," Lt. Cornmesser added, rather an "aid to make the inspection more efficient." Any OTR operator passing numerous scales on any given day in the state could benefit, provided the right ELD in place. --Todd Dills, Matt Cole contributed to this report.
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