TNT Express invests in new in-vehicle technologies
TNT Express, the UK’s business-to-business express delivery company is to install new technologies across its vehicle fleet, designed to improve fuel efficiency, driver safety and the overall speed and performance of its wider delivery network. Following a successful pilot the company is now rolling out the use in-cab black box camera systems to a further 500 vehicles across its fleet.
The presence of RoadHawk Black Box Vehicle Camera Systems, and later analysis of data they capture, is designed to encourage safer and more fuel efficient driving, while also enhancing driver security.
TNT Express has been trialling the use of the cameras in vehicles operating from its Rotherham Depot over the past nine months, with 56% of drivers stating the camera’s presence had caused them to change their driving behaviour for the better and 75% stating they felt the cameras improved their personal safety and security.
Alistair Cochrane, Managing Director of TNT Express UK & Ireland, said: “Any technology which helps us optimise the efficiency with which we transport consignments around our network in order to meet customers’ deadlines, and further improves the fuel efficiency of our vehicles while doing so, can only bring benefits to the businesses we serve.
The RoadHawk technology comprises a CCTV camera with a wide angle lens placed in front of the windscreen of the vehicle, which films the road ahead. In the event of an incident, it captures events on a memory card, which provides a full video display with GPS overlay on Google Maps to identify the vehicle location, speed and G-Force.
RoadHawk Managing Director Mark Nelson, said: “RoadHawk black box cameras are discreet recording systems, easily fitted to sit behind the vehicle’s rear-view mirror. Once installed, automatic recording begins when the vehicle is started. It records in a constant loop and automatically triggers ‘event’ files when the G-Force sensors are activated.”
Adoption of the Roadhawk system will coincide with greater use of GPS trailer tracking systems, linked to Google mapping, across the company’s trailer fleet.
