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Don interested in the technology:?

Talking recently today about remote shut downs, and research a little, from what I have learned some big companies do have remote shut down capabilities, One drive manager said, "lets say your hauling a High Risk Load (best buy) and your load is high jacked (it does happen) and you are robbed at gunpoint and your truck and trailer taken and you are taken as well along for the ride, i am sure you would want your company to remotely shut down your rig, Trucks are never shut down just in the middle of the road to cause a accident we work with law enforcement and we have satellite track that shows exactly where the truck is so it can be shut down safely. I would never shut the truck down just out of the blue for a crazy reason, and the truck would never be shut down in say heavy traffic"

Most of our company utilize systems developed and integrated by OmniTRACS. I hope find this interesting. In my truck, OmniTRACS is front-ended with a Qualcomm driver interface.

No that does not sound like a true story..

Thanks. I've been wondering about that one for years.

Parts of it are true enough though. My company has a few naughty speeds. First one being 68. If you stay above 68 longer than 2 mins it triggers a critical event. Next naughty Speed is 72. If you hit 72 for 30 seconds it triggers a critical event. At 73 the check engine light comes on. At 75 it is an automatic critical event. If you get a critical event at the 68, you get a talking to. You get one at 72 or 75, your next routing instructions may be to the yard to clean out your truck.

We got a fleet message last month saying a driver with a decade of experience , no accidents. No tickets did 92mph downhill in ID. (85 mph speed limit). He got routed to the terminal and fired by safety without warning. I have no idea what our speeding critical events are cause I don't get them. They figure the more you get, the greater risk you are.

I know we have remote shut downs cause there was something wrong with my starter/key cylinder and the truck wouldn't shut off. They remotely shut it down when I pulled into the shop. Funny thing about that truck...it never wanted to stop running...even with a blown head gasket it kept running. Lol