For waste fleets, dashcams are becoming billing tools as well as safety devices, turning missed overage charges into revenue
Routeware has built Motive’s AI dashcams and vehicle telematics into its software for waste and public works fleets, letting municipal and private haulers in the US and Canada tie camera footage to route records. The integration, live now for joint customers, will add computer vision for spotting billable container overflows from next year.
When a stop is logged as serviced, Motive records video and links the clip to that stop, alongside location, safety events, fault codes, fuel use and engine hours. Call handlers can settle missed-pickup complaints while the resident is still on the phone.
Waste operators have often kept planned routes and vehicle data in separate systems, leaving staff to rebuild disputes by hand. Linking them gives cameras a billing role as well as a safety one, and Motive says its overage detection for front loaders flags up to 10 times more overflows than a human operator. It also cites an 80% drop in accidents and 63% lower accident costs for dashcam fleets, though both figures rest on its own customer data.
In a statement, Jeremy Collins, Chief Executive of Routeware, said: “SmartCity and Elements are already our customers’ system of record for residents, city councils, and commercial accounts. With Motive data available inside the Routeware platform, teams can operate with more visibility and efficiency to better serve their communities. They can stop reconstructing what happened and start acting on it, without leaving the tool they use every day.”
Source: Motive
Source: www.automotiveworld.com
