Video-based safety systems are helping fleets prevent crashes and exonerate drivers, but deployment of this technology continues to hinge on driver acceptance.
Jan 27, 2021
Samsara s camera vision technology can detect complex risky behaviors like driver distraction and tailgating for fleets and drivers to review.
The formula for growth in a hot freight market is simple: buy more trucks and hire more drivers. Only it s not
that simple.
Motor carriers are certainly buying more trucks. In the fourth quarter of 2020, Class 8 truck orders totaled 142,093, second only to the third quarter of 2018 for the record.
Carriers are also trying to hire more drivers. With the flurry of pay raises during the past few months, many fleets are now starting drivers at $80,000 or more per year.