Having a video-based monitoring system can help improve fleet safety, but as Groendyke Transport (CCJ Top 250, No. 112) learned when that system is backed by the latest artificial intelligence (AI) it can become even more effective.
The Oklahoma-based tanker carrier, which has earned the National Tank Truck Carriers North American Safety Champion Award a record eight times, has been busy lately swapping out an older monitoring system with the latest AI-equipped video technology from Samsara.
Groendyke Fleet Support Manager Dennis Harris has arguably been spending more time in a plane than a truck, traveling from one fleet location to the next to lead the technology shift. As of Tuesday, Harris said they’ve installed Samsara’s AI system on roughly 65% of their 1,000 trucks. Cameras keep watch on the driver, the road ahead and the road behind.
So far, Samsara’s AI has provided a leg up over their older system.
“It has shown a lot of things that we were missing with the other system,” Harris said, with one of the biggest concerns being cell phone use.
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