Smith Trucking Sets its Sights on Driving Down Costs with E-SMART
Truckload carrier finds Dynamic Speed Management technology more effective investment than umbrella insurance
Indianapolis – (Trailer Technician) – E-SMART, a leading Dynamic Speed Management provider for the transportation industry, announced a partnership with Smith Trucking, Inc. that the parties anticipate will lower potential claims, fuel and other costs. The carrier is currently implementing the speed management system across its entire fleet.
“With insurance costs for motor carriers rising, Smith Trucking’s decision to invest in preventing accidents by utilizing our advanced speed limiter technology is an effective and forward-thinking approach,” said Joe Thell, senior vice president at E-SMART. “We are pleased they have decided to use our system to reduce their risk, lower costs, and improve safety.”
The E-SMART Dynamic Speed Management system is being used at Smith Trucking to limit trucks on Interstates, and on local roads with lower posted speed limits. Installations across the entire fleet are expected to be completed this fall.
“E-SMART’s Dynamic Speed Management technology is a more effective investment than the umbrella insurance coverage we’ve been buying because it gives us better control for the money,” said Mike Smith, VP/GM of Smith Trucking. “Speeding was a factor in our higher CSA scores, so we knew that managing speed would help greatly reduce that issue and better protect ourselves from liability and potentially very costly litigation.”
Smith also pointed out that effective speed management will lead to improved fuel mileage and lower costs for tires and equipment wear. “Controlling speed also improves safety for our drivers and other motorists,” he added. “It will take some time, but we believe we will be able to look back and say that E-SMART paid for itself and really changed things for us.”
Using advanced positioning technology, the E-SMART system determines the location of assets in real time to actively govern their maximum safe speed set by a company on the E-SMART customer portal. E-SMART communicates with an ECU that is installed in the truck to control the throttle and can be used to set verbal notifications for each zone.
ABOUT SMITH TRUCKING
Based in Worthington, Minnesota, Smith Trucking is a long-haul, refrigerated, truckload carrier providing time-sensitive and temperature-controlled services throughout the 48 continental United States. The family-owned company founded in 1946 specializes in transporting fresh meat, temperature-controlled vaccines, produce, non-perishable and manufactured goods with a fleet of 150 tractors and 300 refrigerated trailers. For more information, please visit smithtruckinginc.com.
ABOUT E-SMART
Indianapolis and Montreal-based E-SMART provides Dynamic Speed Management solutions to the transportation industry that reduce the risk and liability from speed violations and speed-related crashes. Fleets deploying E-SMART see improved CSA scores and decreased fuel consumption. In addition to its industry-leading Dynamic Speed Management solution, E-SMART is transforming fleet safety with features such as Low Bridge Collision Prevention, Speed Controlled Geofence Zones and Remote Vehicle Immobilization. For more information, please visit esmartcontrol.com.