Telematics - Page 17

Norwegian telematics company ABAX is to expand into Germany following rapid growth in the UK and Dutch markets.

Highways England says an intelligent network coupled with connected vehicles would improve how efficiently roads are maintained and improve safety.

The cost of traffic congestion to UK business has risen by almost £150 million in the past year, according to research conducted by TomTom.

In-cab cameras can help reduce insurance premiums, but fleets looking for instant discounts may be disappointed. Andrew Ryan reports.

Highways England says that almost 99% of England's motorway and major A-road network will be free of roadworks in time for Christmas.

A new report by Civica has found that 48% of public sector transport leaders are willing to embrace commercialisation to help survive budget cuts.

Just over 60% of UK drivers have admitted they will continue to speed, even if that means paying the higher level fines introduced earlier this year.

Fleet200 members are facing a range of road risk management challenges from getting driver, management and union buy-in to ensuring that sub-contractors adopt the same road safety standards.

Telematics was a divisive subject among fleet managers in the November 2017 Fleet200 Executive Club meeting.

Wates Group has moved away from using spreadsheets and is instead embracing the digital approach to running effective fleets, thanks to a new direction from group fleet manager, Ted Sakyi.

RAM Tracking has been awarded the highest ‘Gold’ level accreditation for customer excellence by Investor in Customers (IIC) - for a third time.

Lightfoot has launched a new rewards system called Driver Perks that gives drivers access to benefits for being safe and efficient.

Andrew Ryan runs down three ways in which fleets are adopting innovative technologies to reduce collisions and improve duty of care.

Inquiry to examine the transformative potential of an integrated, multi-mode MaaS app, and overcoming barriers to implementation in UK cities and regions.

Ian Thorn of CEF is the first ever winner of Lightfoot’s new Fleet Manager of the Week initiative, sponsored by Activa Contracts.

The luxury sports car was recovered using a covert device after being stolen from a repair centre in Birmingham, amid increasing car thefts across the UK.

Trakm8 claims to have launched a UK first with its fully-online vehicle tracking solution which can be bought and installed without a salesperson.

By Alex Rothwell, chief technology officer, Masternaut

Airmax Remote has welcomed its new head of sales, Daniel Faulkner, who will supervise product growth.

Allianz Worldwide Partners is launching a portfolio of telematics-based services in the UK including crash alerts and vehicle unlocking.

Connected cars and the data they produce are set to transform the leasing landscape over the next few years.

Trak Global will incentivise its drivers during National Road Safety Week (November 20-26) to encourage a commitment to road safety.

Epyx says that businesses collecting connected car service and maintenance data often have no means of processing it effectively

Intelligent Telematics has released a series of video clips to demonstrate the added risk of driving on rural roads.

Traffic has got worse on the UK’s major roads in the past year, according to more than half of motorists.

Distance travelled and environmental impact would determine London road-user levy.

The Floow has appointed Manfredi Di Cintio as its business development director for the EMEA region.

Airmax Remote has launched Maxcam, an onboard dashcam solution that can integrate with remote telematics.

The mega-trends that will reshape the transport landscape and their consequences for fleets and suppliers will be revealed at the Automotive Outlook conference next month.

Appy Fleet is to donate up to £10,000 to charity to promote safe driving for fleet employees as part of this year's Road Safety Week (November 20-26).

Octo Telematics will acquire the usage-based insurance (UBI) assts of Willis Towers Watson to drive further growth in the insurance sector.

TomTom Telematics has been named by Berg Insight as the largest provider of fleet management solutions in Europe for the third successive year.

Collisions are a costly part of business life, but thoroughly investigating why they happen can prevent similar incidents occurring again. Ben Rooth reports

Allianz and Lightfoot have renewed their partnership to continue the reward programme, ‘Lightfoot Fleet Driver of the Week’.

Fleet boss Maurice Elford made software a priority when joining L&Q. He is now a double Fleet News Award winner.

There were more than 1.35 million traffic jams on the UK’s major roads in the past year, costing drivers an estimated £9bn, new research from Inrix suggests.

The availability of better telematics data means that a more targeted approach should be the future of driver training, according to Arval.

Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police forces are partnering with Civica to deploy a system to manage road incidents.

Vehicle tracking solutions company Verilocation has introduced a web-based application with built-in live traffic, satellite and street view maps.

Business Driver and eDriving's partnership will provide risk assessment,telematics and driver training solutions to North and South America.