How would you like to reduce your fleet accidents by up to 70% while at the same time improving driver behaviour and saving insurance costs resulting from road traffic crashes? Look no further than Truscene™, a revolutionary digital camera system which can be easily installed into commercial vehicles as a risk management tool.
How Truscene™ Works
Attached to the top of a vehicle’s windscreen, the Truscene™ camera is connected to the ignition and will record the last 25 seconds before an incident and 5 seconds afterwards by means of a continuous memory loop which is triggered to record the 30 seconds of footage when subjected to a sufficiently strong g-force. The camera stores the video footage of the incident to memory and can be removed from the vehicle for manual recording of external and 3rd party damage, thus negating the need for any other cameras. Recorded footage is fully encrypted, ensuring that all saved clips are tamper-proof and is saved onto the Truscene™ database for a number of years according to database protection laws, providing fleets and insurers a free, secure and quickly accessible banking facility for their valuable incident footage.
Dean Taylor, Managing Director of Vehicle Camera Systems Ltd (VCSL), the makers of Truscene™, conceived the idea for the camera following a motor accident for which he was not at fault, however due to a false witness Dean ended up on the receiving end of a fraudulent claim, resulting in him suffering financially and been made accountable for the accident. Driven by injustice, Dean developed a camera which is capable of recording exactly what happened from a driver’s perspective and which is so robust that it demonstrates watertight evidence in court.
Taylor explains: “VCSL has demonstrated that in over 2,000 lorry months of fleet trials, our cameras have reduced accidents by 70% and in three incidents, clear evidence has enabled blame to be apportioned elsewhere. Now, we are looking forward to expanding our market by attracting several fleet management companies as well as some of the large national UK insurance firms.”
Aid to Better Driving ?CEVA Logistics and Towergate Underwriting Transportation have both been working with VCSL to enable the trials, with current installations in 220 lorries nationwide. One of the most notable outcomes has been the substantial improvement in driver behaviour resulting in fewer accidents taking place.
The Truscene™ Traffic Light Notification System (TLNS) alerts the driver to whether or not his driving is acceptable, unsatisfactory or unacceptable via a visual and audible aid linked in to the camera.
With this added value feature, Truscene™ offers the ability to not just record incidents but to actually prevent them happening. Andy Jenkins, Operations Training Manager at supply chain giant CEVA Logistics comments: “We have been delighted to help pioneer Truscene™ in the UK and now include it as part of our standard new vehicle specification. We have noticed a marked improvement in our drivers behaviour and general awareness on the road thanks to the revolutionary TruScene™ camera and feel it displays there positive reaction to the camera being fitted. Our drivers also feel extremely confident that if they are involved in an incident, they will be accurately represented due to TruScene’s ability to produce hard video evidence of what actually took place which is great piece of mind for them and a huge help to those of us managing insurance claims.”
Stop ‘Crash for Cash’ Scams ?Meanwhile, so called ‘crash for cash’ claims are under investigation, where fictitious injury claims are typically made after fraudsters perform unexpected emergency stops causing innocent drivers to crash into them. Fraudulent claims can increase the premium paid by honest policy holders.
For further information, visit www.truscene.com
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