Technology news and briefs for the week of March 26, 2023:
Trucker Path offers bundle for smaller fleets
Trucker Path, a mobile app for North American truckers, has combined multiple products to create an affordable package for small- to mid-size fleets. The Essentials bundle includes truck-safe navigation and routing, ELD, load board and direct-to-app dispatching solutions.
“Our new Essentials package includes everything a small- to mid-sized carrier needs to efficiently and effectively grow their business,” said Trucker Path Chief Marketing Officer Chris Oliver. “Not only does Essentials save our customers 35% compared to the cost of buying individual products, but it also provides an advantage when it comes to support and coordination, and seamless interoperability from a single provider.”
Included is the Geotab ELD with electronic DVIR capabilities; the TruckLoads load board, offering unlimited access to search, bid and book loads quickly and easily; a fully integrated, easy-to-use software to dispatch loads directly to the drivers’ Trucker Path app; and TruckerPath truck mapping and navigation.
Fleets using other brands of ELDs to meet regulatory requirements can also take advantage of the Essentials bundle from Trucker Path without its ELD solution.
Cover Whale expands truck driver coverage
Commercial trucking insurance provider Cover Whale Insurance Solutions Inc. has partnered with TrustedChoice.com, a digital marketing platform for independent agents and brokers, to expand truck driver coverage.
With access to TrustedChoice.com’s insurance marketplace and more than 240,000 independent insurance agents, Cover Whale can deliver its coverage to thousands of commercial truck drivers across the country. In addition, independent agents who don’t currently have access to Cover Whale for their clients now have a digital path to the company and its products through their TrustedChoice.com membership.
“Our team is always looking for new ways to connect insurance agents with truck drivers,” said Cover Whale CEO Dan Abrahamsen. “This partnership enables us to deliver instant quotes to more agents with trucking clients, and more coverage to America’s safest drivers and small fleets. TrustedChoice.com’s vast network also gives us more opportunities to deploy our Driver Safety Program to make roads safer for everyone.”
Haul Hero launches new navigation platform
Haul Hero, a mobile platform that initially focused on providing real-time cost-per-mile calculations and expense management, has expanded with a new navigation platform that it unveiled recently during the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville.
The new navigation platform is free to all Haul Hero subscribers and features turn-by-turn directions, rerouting, parking, weigh stations, stops and more. A superhero subscription is also available with features that include weather routing, severe warnings and the actualizer, which
calculates real-time load cost per mile. Superhero accounts also receive detailed monthly activity statements highlighting monthly miles and fuel and rig costs.
Additionally, Superhero users will soon be introduced to features like wind advisory, traffic incidents and Haul Hero’s exclusive ‘voice-to-action’ hands-free integration. The voice-to-action integration allows drivers to engage the essential features of the app through voice commands, enabling drivers to bypass typing information into fields such as setting up profiles, entering load pick-up and drop-off locations and capturing expenses.
Haul Hero is a free app available in the App Store and Google Play.
Ezlogz integrates Drivewyze PreClear, Safety+
Ezlogz, a provider of fleet management solutions for trucking companies and owner operators in the U.S., has partnered with Drivewyze, which offers weigh station bypass and driver safety services, to help its customers save time and money and improve safety outcomes. Ezlogz has integrated with Drivewyze to provide its customers with Drivewyze PreClear weigh station bypass and Drivewyze Safety+ services to its platform.
Since no transponders are required, activation of Drivewyze PreClear on the Ezlogz platform can be done in minutes. Drivewyze transmits safety scores, registration and tax compliance information to the weigh station, which then calculates the information against the bypass criteria established by its state or province. If the carrier and vehicle pass the criteria, the driver receives permission to bypass the site at one mile out. The better the fleet’s safety score, the more bypasses typically granted. The service is offered at more than 880 locations in 46 states and provinces.
Drivewyze Safety+ provides drivers with real-time weather alerts and in-cab safety alerts for upcoming dangerous curves, low bridges, high speeding citation areas and more. Drivewyze’s back-office tools also allow fleets to create their own customized driver alerts, and its safety analytics allow fleets to monitor driver behavior and help in driver coaching.
