A good safety record, a subscription and a truck-mounted transponder or mobile app. That’s all it takes to participate in a weigh station bypass program, but now carriers are getting more from their subscription than a lower pull-in rate for inspections.
In addition to using apps for bypass, more carriers are choosing them to give drivers a heads-up for upcoming safety risks along their routes.
The only two companies that offer weigh station bypass are PrePass Safety Alliance with its PrePass program and Drivewyze with PreClear. Both have extensive relationships with government agencies to collect road and traffic data and to supply location-based safety information.
Road safety alerting
PrePass always has used a windshield-mounted transponder on trucks for its bypass system and has no reason to phase out the technology, since many of its 645,000 customers also use the devices for toll roads.
Its customers can use the PrePass Motion app at no added charge. Drivers can install the app on personal devices, and it also can be integrated with fleet telematics platforms.
PrePass has an integration with Geotab and is planning to announce others with major telematics providers, said Jarrod Del Prado, senior director of operations for PrePass Safety Alliance.
