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Michael Kimball presents ‘Lanes blocked? Use the shoulder.’
File under “four-wheeler impatience.” Says operator Michael Kimball: “I had a bull hauler passing me in the left lane. I guess the four-wheeler couldn’t wait.”
August 17, 2015
Michael Kimball shoulder pass
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Michael Kimball presents ‘Last minute decision.’
Another accident averted by Michael Kimball: “It happens every day — someone decides they don’t want to exit so they jerk it back on the highway without looking in the mirror.”
August 7, 2015
Michael Kimball dashcam screenshot
Business
Michael Kimball presents ‘Pickup driver pulls out without looking.’
Says operator Kimball of this video: “This guy was talking to someone standing on the sidewalk and pulled right out in front of me, without looking. I stopped so close to him that I thought we might have traded paint.” What happened next? Find out here…
August 3, 2015
Michael Kimball dashcam pickup driver
Business
Brad Kuhn presents ‘You never know what’s going to come at you’
A close shave: “The driver said that he started to hydroplane and lost control. I’m glad that he jack knifed or it may have gotten ugly.”
June 16, 2015
Brad Kuhn dashcam still
Overdrive Extra
Dashcam adoption following same path as ELDs
Swift’s plan to install dashcams in more than 6,000 trucks reflects a trend that shows, once again, the contentious interplay between technology, privacy and return on investment.
May 4, 2015
The growing use of truck-based video illustrates the contentious interplay between technology, privacy and return on investment.
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Driver-facing camera might mark ‘the end’ of one driver’s career
“I would be interested to hear what a supervisor would think of having a camera in his car and in his office, given how they preach the benefits of having a camera.” –Charlie LaPorta, Southington, Conn.
April 16, 2015
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Business
Crazy drivers — the real Halloween fright
“Things that really scare me are watching the recordings of our dash cam and seeing crazy dangerous nuts in traffic about 500 times a day. “
October 31, 2014
Dashcam George Parker
Channel 19
Power of video: Driver exoneration the key attraction for many
From the SmartDrive company’s “Great Driving Insights” series, these videos detail cases in which captured vid worked to the benefit of the driver after an accident.
July 22, 2014
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POLL: Is there a video camera in or on your truck?
Independents’ use of dash and other camera systems hasn’t been uncommon through the years to prove crash fault and increase security. With use of in-cab forward- and driver-facing cams growing among fleets, this poll probes the extent of video use.
May 22, 2014
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Business
Study touts benefits of in-cab camera system with paired driver training
The Lytx company-commissioned analysis conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute showed use of the DriveCam system could potentially reduce commercial-motor-vehicle crashes by as much as a third annually.
May 8, 2014
DriveCam
Channel 19
Bulk fleet profile in pictures: Apex Logistics
A run through the basics of the California-based Apex Logistics fleet, partially in pictures.
December 9, 2013
Apex operates 260 trucks and 335 trailers. They employ 205 drivers and contract with 85 owner-operators to keep the freight moving. Freightliner Class 8 trucks dominate the fleet, and the average truck is only 5 years old. Outside its core markets of California and Nevada, the company also delivers to customers in: Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
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Readers on the crash-fault ‘shell game’
In denying the possibility of fault determination, advocacy groups ignore the majority of car-truck crashes.
March 17, 2013
Highway crash scene
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