Telematics has been traditionally used to track the location of any vehicle, and other data from the vehicle bus (CAN, J1939, etc.).

The overarching vision of LightMetrics has been to make the benefits of AI-driven driver safety systems more widespread, starting from real-time driver coaching, all the way to event videos and advanced driver and fleet safety analytics available on the cloud for review by fleet managers.

David is 24 years old, drives a class 8 tractor trailer and is based out of Baltimore.

An old Zen parable goes: after studying to be a Zen teacher for many years, a student goes to visit his master.

Long distance runners might notice the title being inspired by the author Haruki Murakami’s book about his experiences and thoughts on long-distance running.

The adoption of video based safety systems among commercial fleets, while slow at first, has accelerated in the recent past .

As LightMetrics approaches an important milestone (we turn 2 next month!) and we brace ourselves for the exciting journey ahead, it is worthwhile taking a moment to look back.

Video safety solutions have long been the preserve of big fleets, but with improvements in technology and availability of cost-effective hardware options, it is now viable for a wide variety of fleets to adopt.

FMCSA mandating the use of electronic logging devices (ELD) to track, manage and share records of duty status (RODS) data has the transportation industry in a rush to be compliant before the December 2017 deadline.