Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | DECEMBER 2014 41 technology WORKERS' COMP FOR WORKING PEOPLE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL: ( 800 ) 897-9719 | AMERISAFE.COM available for a monthly subscription that includes the hardwired telematics device for between $60 and $80 per month, says Steve Blackmon, vice president. AT&T has an exclusive relationship with WebTech Wire- less to sell its ELD, driver vehicle inspection reports and fuel tax compliance software as AT&T Fleet Driver Center. The product has the option of using tablets and hand- sets as the driver interface and can be delivered with no upfront costs for a monthly subscription, which includes fleet tracking and other telematics functions. Factory-fit ELDs Truck makers are offering factory-installed telematics platforms. A built-in telematics system can be paired with the fleet's preferred mobile device to run ELDs and other fleet management applications. Daimler Trucks North America offers the Detroit Connect telematics system developed in conjunction with Zonar. The system uses an Android-powered onboard tablet that comes pre-loaded with four trucking-specific apps for navigation, hours of service, pre- and post-trip inspection and two-way messaging. Volvo and Mack trucks now come equipped with a telematics solution provided by Telogis. Using the base Telogis Fleet platform, fleets can add the Telogis Compli- ance suite for electronic logs and DVIR and fuel tax com- pliance for a combined monthly subscription of between $30 and $50 a month, says Kelly Frey, vice president of product marketing for Telogis. It's not just fl eets with heavy-duty trucks in need of ELD compliance solutions; any commercial driver of a vehicle combination weighing more than 10,000 pounds could be required by law enforcement to produce electronic logs. That's why Telogis also has partnerships with the major manufacturers of light- and medium-duty trucks to offer its telematics platform straight from the factory. Rand McNally's IntelliRoute TND 730 navi- gation device can be paired via Bluetooth to its HD 100 device that connects to the vehicle's data port for a fully compliant ELD.