Camera monitoring systems

Drivers settle class action with Lytx over in-cab surveillance, data gathering

Lytx, a provider of telematics and in-cab camera systems, has reached a more than $4 million settlement in a federal lawsuit regarding claims it violated Illinois’ biometrics law, considered one of the more problematic in the country for data gatherers. 

In the settlement of the lawsuit, which has not been formally approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois but which the court has suggested is highly likely, Lytx is not making any admissions. According to the...

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Convoy Technologies granted rear-vision camera exemption for trucks

WASHINGTON — While federal regulators consider changing the rules to allow cameras as a permanent option for rear visibility in trucks, carriers have been given another temporary option for such devices in the meantime.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted a five-year exemption to Convoy Technologies Inc. to allow carriers to install Convoy’s Electronic Rear View System (ERVS) camera monitor system (CMS) as an alternative to two rearview side mirrors required by federal...

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Camera monitoring systems gain fleet favor as adoption grows

Mario Gafencu wishes the Stoneridge Inc. MirrorEye Camera Monitor System (CMS) was around when he was rolling up 2.5 million accident-free miles as a professional driver. His first 20-mile drive on a snowy January day last year was all the evidence he needed.

“Regardless of all the road spray from all the vehicles on the road that day, my view of the traffic around my vehicle was clear and unobstructed,” Gafencu recalled. ” I was no longer guessing and hoping that a vehicle was not in that right...

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Better safety systems could help fleets avoid nuclear verdicts

Better safety systems could help fleets avoid nuclear verdicts (Photo: Shutterstock)

Within the trucking industry, legal battles over road accidents are nothing new. However, verdicts in trucking accidents have steadily become more costly, partly due to the legal environment that incentivizes lawsuits. This has led to the nuclear verdicts of today in which a jury awards over $10 million in compensation, crippling many fleets and forcing several to bankruptcy. 

In a report, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) observed that while the average size of verdicts was...

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