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Insights and expert guides on fleet safety, video telematics, GPS tracking, compliance and risk from the Vision Telematics team.

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Video telematics8 October 2026

How to Introduce Cameras Without Losing Your Drivers

Why drivers resist vehicle cameras, what the objection is really about, and the rollout approach that turns resistance into acceptance.

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Video telematics5 October 2026

Driver-Facing Cameras: How to Make the Decision Properly

An even-handed look at in-cab driver-facing cameras: the safety case, the privacy cost, the configuration choices that matter, and when not to fit them.

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Insurance & risk28 September 2026

How video evidence changes an insurance claim

What happens to a fleet claim with and without video evidence: liability, severity, notification speed, and why the first 48 hours decide cost.

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Video telematics24 September 2026

Why forward-facing cameras miss most incidents

Most fleet incidents don't happen straight ahead. Where they actually occur, which camera views cover them, and how to specify coverage properly.

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Implementation21 September 2026

Why telematics projects fail

Seven reasons fleet technology underdelivers, almost none of them technical — and the six-month test that tells you which one you have.

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Fleet costs17 September 2026

Where fleet fuel savings come from

Idling, driving style, speed and miles not driven — what each is really worth, why you must not add them up, and why the early win fades.

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Telematics basics10 September 2026

How vehicle tracking works

Satellites, devices, networks and software, one step at a time — plus the two things that affect accuracy far more than the satellites do.

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Asset tracking basics7 September 2026

What is asset tracking?

Powered plant, non-powered assets and hand tools each need a different device. What to track, what you get back, and why utilisation usually beats theft prevention.

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Video telematics3 September 2026

What Is Video Telematics, and How Is It Different from a Dashcam?

How connected vehicle cameras differ from dashcams, what the AI is actually doing, and why the difference only shows up on the day something happens.

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Telematics basics28 August 2026

What Is Telematics? A Plain-English Guide for Anyone Running Vehicles

Telematics explained without the jargon: the four moving parts, what data it really collects, and the honest answer on what changes once you have it.

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Business case & ROI28 August 2026

The Return on Investment Case: How Telematics, Video and Asset Tracking Pay for Themselves

How telematics, video and asset tracking pay for themselves: the six return pools, the costs most business cases omit, and three worked ROI examples.

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Fleet safety7 August 2026

Ten Times the National Average: Why Waste and Recycling Fleets Are Standardising on 360° Camera Coverage

Waste and recycling carries a fatal injury rate around ten times the UK average, and almost half of those deaths involve a moving vehicle. See how 360° MDVR coverage protects crews.

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Compliance & duty of care7 August 2026

Driving for Work Is Now a Workplace Risk: What the DfT Road Safety Strategy Means for Your Fleet

Work-related driving accounts for 29% of UK road deaths. Understand the DfT Road Safety Strategy targets, employer duty of care and how fleet telematics evidences control.

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Plant & site safety7 August 2026

Struck by a Moving Vehicle: The Site Risk That Hasn't Moved — and How AI Human Form Recognition Closes It

Struck-by incidents remain a leading cause of UK workplace deaths. See how AI human form recognition, staged proximity alerts and pedestrian signalling protect people around moving plant.

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Asset security7 August 2026

One Theft Every 20 Minutes: Protecting Tools, Vans and Site Kit When the Law Won't Do It For You

A set of tools is stolen from a UK van roughly every 20 minutes. See how Bluetooth asset tags, battery GPS trackers and van telematics cut losses and speed recovery.

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Road safety24 July 2026

Four Deaths a Day: Why AI Video Telematics Is Now Essential for UK Fleet Road Safety

Four people die on Britain's roads every day. Discover how AI dashcams and video telematics help UK fleets cut collisions, exonerate drivers and slash insurance claim costs.

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Asset security24 July 2026

Plant Machinery Theft: The £800 Million Problem — and How GPS Tracking Fights Back

Plant theft costs UK construction over £800 million a year and fewer than 10% of stolen machines are ever recovered. Learn how GPS asset tracking protects plant, tools and equipment.

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Driver safety24 July 2026

Asleep at the Wheel: Why Driver Fatigue Is Your Fleet's Most Underestimated Risk

Fatigue contributes to up to 20% of UK road crashes and 40% of sleep-related collisions involve commercial vehicles. Discover how AI driver fatigue detection protects your drivers in real time.

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Compliance24 July 2026

DVS Phase 2 and the Progressive Safe System: What Every HGV Operator Needs to Know

Since October 2024, HGVs over 12 tonnes need a 3-star DVS rating or a Progressive Safe System to operate in London. Here's what PSS requires — and why the data proves it saves lives.

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Insurance & risk24 July 2026

Crash for Cash: Why Fraudsters Target Fleets — and How Video Evidence Shuts Them Down

Fleets are prime targets for crash for cash. Learn the staged-collision patterns to recognise, and how connected dashcams and telematics data defeat fraudulent claims.

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Routing & navigation24 July 2026

One Every Five Hours: How Truck-Specific Navigation Ends the Bridge Strike Problem

A vehicle hits a railway bridge every 5 hours in Britain — 1,666 strikes last year at £13,000 each. Discover how truck-specific navigation and routing eliminates bridge strike risk.

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