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Waste Management to add DriveCam safety system to all trucks

Published Sept. 5, 2012
By
Shauna Blackmon Contributor

Dive summary:

  • Waste Management has signed a five-year contract with San Diego company DriveCam to install computer-monitoring systems in all Waste Management vehicles.
  • DriveCam combines data and video analytics and uses real-time driver feedback to lower fuel consumption and costs.
  • Waste Management originally tested the DriveCams in two of their market areas for six months and decided that the system could provide a benefit to their shareholders and the safety of their fleet.

From the article:

Waste Management Inc. said it will use DriveCam Inc.’s risk and fleet management solution equipment throughout its fleet.

The Houston-based Waste Management said in a news release that it signed a five-year contract with the San Diego-based DriveCam after a six-month pilot of the system in two of its market areas. ...

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