The news was announced at ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) Annual Meeting this week in Atlanta.
SafetyDirect by Bendix CVS is company’s the user-friendly web portal that provides fleet operators with comprehensive feedback on their fleet and drivers, along with videos of severe events. The system wirelessly transmits real-time data and event-based information from a vehicle’s J1939 network to the fleet’s back office for analysis.
In developing a new app to complement the online tool, TJ Thomas, Bendix director of marketing and customer solutions – Controls, says Bendix CVS focused on providing much of the same information found in the web portal in an easier to access and digest mobile format. Though showcased this week, the app is part of a phased introduction of new features and advanced functionality for SafetyDirect expected to occur throughout 2019.
Thomas says the new app is called SafetyDirectMobile.
The app “is fully compatible with our powerful new fifth-generation SafetyDirect processor and our AutoVue LDW 5G platform, and it has been developed to enhance the new features provided by our new hardware,” he says. “It means when you are standing next to the vehicle, you will be able to directly connect to the SafetyDirect processor – using Wi-Fi – and stream SafetyDirect video directly to the app. That’s a very powerful tool – and an industry first.”
In addition to enabling full SafetyDirect access, the forthcoming SafetyDirect Mobile app will also allow drivers to securely identify themselves in the vehicle.
