Velociti has expanded its VeloCare program to offer an unlimited version it says will protect fleets from nuclear verdicts by ensuring their safety systems such as dash cams are always functioning.

Velociti CEO Deryk Powell explained during a Technology & Maintenance Council press conference that fleets often have a surprising percentage of trucks that are operating without properly functioning dash cams, ELD displays or other in-cab technologies.

The VeloCare Command Center. (Photo: Velociti)

While fleets typically receive an alert from the tech vendor when a system is not working, those often get ignored, missed, set aside, or put off due to a lack of spare parts, since such issues don’t prevent the truck from running down the highway delivering freight.

A recent fleet audit done by Velociti found there were 500 non-functioning dash cams in a fleet of 3,000 vehicles, or nearly 17%. The VeloCare program restored the fleet to 99% dash cam health.

“You’re going to immediately fix a tire. You don’t necessarily immediately fix a technology as it’s not required to make the truck run down the road like tires, brakes, engines and fuel are, so they get relegated down,” Powell explained.

A well-run fleet that gets in a wreck with a dash cam that wasn’t properly functioning could find itself the victim of a nuclear verdict, he warned.

From 2021 to 2024, Velociti monitored more than 1.1 million assets through its VeloCare program. The program was custom-built based on a fleet’s unique characteristics and needs, but feedback suggested customers wanted an unlimited offering that wouldn’t get used up before the end of a contract.

Powell said Velociti has now collected enough real-world data to offer just that, which it has dubbed VeloCare Unlimited, available at two price points: US$4 per asset/month; or US$7 per asset/month including deinstalls and new installations. Custom plans remain available.

This price point amounts to less than half a cent per mile based on 100,000 miles (160,000 km) a year, Powell said, making the cost almost negligible for the fleet while offering peace of mind their technology is updated and functioning.

“We want to shout out that, quite frankly, we boldly believe that no fleet should be operating without this program,” Powell said.