You might be asking yourself, why would a company known for providing predictive maintenance solutions be at an event focused on safety? The reason is, Uptake helps fleets optimize maintenance and repair strategies but imagine if your fleet could predict safety as well. By getting advanced lead time of potential equipment and component failures, you can help eliminate some of the most common safety issues facing the industry, not created by an accident:
- Unplanned roadside breakdowns
- Engine derates
- Stranded drivers
- Tow trucks on the side of the road
Bottomline, anytime a truck is stopped on the side of the road it is dangerous for both the driver and other vehicles on the road. Let’s dive deeper into how a comprehensive predictive maintenance program can make your fleet a highway hero.
As long as we have vehicles on the road, we will have accidents. Speed, weather, fatigue, distracted driving and road conditions, all contribute to the inevitable. While the over the road and heavy duty transportation industry has some of the best drivers on the planet, accidents are an unfortunate hazard of the job. In 2021, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reported large trucks were involved in 167,684 crashes, resulting in 5,197 fatalities.
Knowing this, it is the responsibility of all carriers to do what they can to prevent avoidable scenarios, such as the following list, in which additional roadside safety risks are likely to occur.