Fleet compliance is not achieved at the point of installation. A camera system fitted to every vehicle in the fleet satisfies the hardware requirement; it does not satisfy the compliance requirement unless the installation is documented correctly, the systems are maintained and the maintenance is recorded, and the operator can produce that documentation when a […]
4 August 2026
Three separate safety systems installed on the same vehicle by three different suppliers are not an integrated system. They are three systems that may or may not interact correctly, maintained by three separate support relationships, with failure modes that occur at the integration points nobody owns. When the BSIS sensor is supposed to activate via […]
Vehicle safety equipment that works as separate components — a camera from one supplier, a sensor from another, an MDVR from a third — creates a system where the failure modes are at the integration points. The camera footage that is supposed to appear on the in-cab monitor does not show up because the video […]
A fleet operator choosing a vehicle safety equipment supplier is making a decision that affects every vehicle in the fleet, every driver on the road, and every claim that gets filed over the next five years. The product specification matters. But what matters more is whether the supplier understands the operating environment those products go […]