A. Regardless of your fleet's size, telematics can reduce costs, reduce idling, improve driver behavior, and keep your vehicles well-maintained and running smoothly.
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...Read the rest of this storyA. To remain in compliance with the ELD mandate, owner-operators must install these ELDs. Telematics is an added benefit of utilizing these devices, giving you a complete view of your fleet vehicles and drivers.
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...Read the rest of this storyA. Telematics not only helps you keep track of your current fleet, but can help you make data-driven decisions about its future. Route optimization can help you optimizing your assets through the identification of most and least-used vehicles. Alternatively, you can potentially reduce fuel consumption and associated costs by moving to CNG after mapping out routes that include an adequate map of applicable filling stations.
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...Read the rest of this storyA. When it comes to telematics, it's important to consider a solution that provides much more than just GPS location on a map. With a comprehensive telematics solution provider, you'll gain insight into service interval alerts, automated odometer mileage for business vs. privacy reports, and drivetrain trouble codes to immediately alert when something breaks in one of your vehicles. By reviewing and analyzing this data, fleets can avoid costly vehicle downtime, improve employee safety and productivity, and increase revenue.
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Optronics International has introduced the Fusion Thinline surface-mount LED combination stop, tail, turn, and backup lamp.
The company says it is the first to combine stop, tail, turn and backup functions into a common bar light format, named for its long, thin configuration. Fusion lamps are already available in four-inch round and six-inch oval formats with grommet and flange mount versions.
At 20.5 inches long, one inch wide and three-quarter-of-an-inch thick, Fusion Thinline surface-mount LED combination stop, tail, turn, and backup lamps can be mounted nearly anywhere on a vehicle, including vehicle body panels, frame posts, docking plates, or gussets.
The low-profile surface-mount design hugs the vehicle surface, and lets users avoid cutting large mounting holes that can reduce structural integrity and promote corrosion.
Wiring for the Fusion Thinline requires only one half-inch hole and two small mounting holes for either rivets or screws. Damaged lamps can be rewired and replaced easily, according to Optronics.
The lamps meet all FMVSS 108 photometric requirements for visibility and safety. Lenses and housings are made of a polycarbonate material that is sonically welded. The lamps employ a solid-state, surface-mount device design that protects the electronics against moisture, shock, and vibration.
All Fusion lamps come with one-diode lifetime warranty protection that will replace the lamp if even one diode fails. The new Fusion LED combination stop, tail, turn and backup lamps, part number STL264RB, are expected to begin shipping in early spring 2017.
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...Read the rest of this storyA. Manufacturers are responsible for registering their ELDs with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration by certifying that they meet the technical specifications set forth in the ELD rule. A complete list is available on the FMCSA website.
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