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ALL SEEING, ALL SAFE

In the age of Chain of Responsibility (COR), when you’re hauling 50 tonnes of high-consequence dangerous goods, everyone up and down the line needs proof that you’re doing it safely. With the rise of digital technologies and satellite connectivity, the ability to monitor trucks operating far from base is nothing new.

Today’s challenge has shifted away from simply attaining vehicle monitoring, to choosing the right kind of monitoring, understanding all the data generated and then using it run make everyone’s life easier.

This is the challenge high-profile dangerous goods haulier Rocky’s Own is tackling with three handpicked technologies: DriveCam from San Diego, California; Seeing Machines from Canberra; and SkyNet Satellite Communications from Brisbane.

REAL TIME TRUCK OPS

Rocky’s Own CEO Bryan Smith and national operations fleet manager Rod Carige have built the business around the pursuit of safety and reliability – and they’re willing to introduce new ideas to further those goals. Provided the promise they offer is convincing, of course.

“Take DriveCam – it uses forward and backward facing cameras on a truck that are always recording. Before we looked at it properly,

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