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HENDERSON GROUP FIT MANTIS VEHICLE CAMERAS TO MAXIMISE SAFETY & CUT INSURANCE COSTS Henderson Wholesale & Food Service have rolled out the MANTIS live vehicle CCTV system across their fleet of over 100 vehicles & trailers after approaching Belfast based fleet technology experts Simplicity Group to help them maximise driver safety and mitigate their insurance risk on non-fault accidents. Henderson Group’s vehicles are in use up to 20 hours per day from early morning to late at night servicing customers in Ireland’s challenging weather conditions, and many of the vehicles are very large which can be difficult when manoeuvring across their sites, so having maximum vision is essential for drivers to avoid own fault accidents. While Henderson’s have some of the most experienced and safest drivers in the industry, all too often a large vehicle is blamed for an incident when not at fault; the impact on insurance can be substantial. Their previous camera system did not alert the business when a camera was damaged or not working, so they
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only realised there was a problem when footage was not available after an incident. As the company deliver to sensitive locations such as schools and prisons they also wanted the ability to automatically de-activate cameras on entering these sites. “What we needed was a reliable, robust vehicle recording management system with high resolution quality which meets our specific functional requirements. By choosing the Simplicity Group’s solution we have found a product that we can rely on. The system has already surpassed our expectations and a return in investing in the solution is evident,” comments Henderson Group’s Alan Abraham.
