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Voices

‘Slow Down’: More near misses caught on dashcam

A video compilation of near misses from the truck drivers field of view, from the folks at the ‘Real American Trucker’ Facebook page.

October 6, 2016

Voices

POLL: Is there a video camera in or on your truck?

Do you or your fleet utilize any single camera or a combination of cameras for event-capture or driver-monitoring purposes? Weigh in here.

September 30, 2016

Channel 19

Howard Salmon presents ‘The Prius won,’ or ‘Cut off, ticketed, stuck on I-24 near Chattanooga’

Sadly, this video view from the dashcam of owner-operator Howard Salmon puts to bed an accident-free period for the longtime independent spanning Salmon’s 30-plus years — and more than 4 million miles. It also mighth exonerate him from a ticket for following too close issued at the scene.

September 19, 2016

Business

Dashcam video monitoring platform with ‘artificial intelligence’ bonus aims at driver-rewards focus

The Netradyne company provided video as an example of some of the articial-intelligence capabilities within its new four-camera Driver-i platform, an on-highway video monitoring platform geared toward driver rewards.

September 15, 2016

Voices

How to ‘pay for your dashcam several times over’ …

Without video of a rig rolling back into him in traffic on I-65, it would have been Boggs’ word against that of the other driver, “and the insurance would not pay anything,” he says. “This minor incident paid for my camera several times over.”

September 15, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Mailbag: A primary tool in warding off post-crash litigation threats

“You’ve got to keep an eye out for every little detail and pass it on. If you’ve got a good insurance company, they’ll fight it for you.” As in crashes, as in other cases, says owner-operator Wayne VanHooser. “You’d be surprised how many times you can win when you do that.”

July 20, 2016

Voices

Anthony Johnson presents ‘The cutoff’

“This could have turned out bad,” noted Anthony Johnson with this addition to the Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted videos.

July 6, 2016

Business

Post-crash litigation: Cameras and ELD evidence

Much of the monitoring equipment that many larger carriers are investing in — from cameras to ELDs — also gives them a critical edge in legal disputes.

June 21, 2016

Voices

Caught on camera: Attempted insurance fraud?

The extreme-brake-check entries are growing in Overdrive’s Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted and other videos of on-highway events, this one in a center lane on the George Washington Bridge into New York City.

May 13, 2016

Voices

Staring down a head-on collision with Carroll Fulmer driver

Latest from Dashcam Central: When you see somebody coming at you out of the distance, it can take a moment to realize just what you’re seeing. In this case a pair of headlights emerging and, it becomes increasingly clear, attached to a four-wheeler who is in your very lane.

April 18, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: Big data at ‘tipping point’ for new safety applications

Fatigue management and monitoring techs will become, over the next 30 years, ubiquitous in fleet trucks — even, says safety expert Don Osterberg, in owner-operated units.

April 7, 2016

Voices

Dan Lagoon presents four-wheeler’s full 360 in ‘Black ice in Missouri’

“A car did a 360 on the freeway next to me” in January, noted Dan Lagoon in this upload to Overdrive’s Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted vids. Follow the link below to add your own.

April 1, 2016