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Samsara’s Camera Connector can save fleets on accident claims

Coordinating a truck’s side, rear and interior cameras is now easier with San Franciscobased Samsara’s new Camera Connector which connects each feed to the company’s Connected Operations Cloud.

This will allow fleets to use existing cameras to improve safety and protect against not-at-fault accident claims. On its website, Samsara boasts that its customers can “use video technology powered by AI to protect” their employees when crashes occur.

Samsara points out that drivers from long haul to passenger transit are at risk of potentially high-cost road collisions. In fact, the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety estimates that 242,000 sideswipe crashes happen each year.

The Camera Connector draws each camera feed onto a single monitor through its cloud-based platform. Although the connector will work with any cameras, if it is combined with Samsara's AI Dash Cams, customers will have 360-degree visibility.

Fleets can now bring up footage from any of their trucks within minutes to counter false accident claims.

“We can now seamlessly integrate our existing cameras with Samsara’s platform, quickly retrieve video footage through the cloud in minutes, and significantly decrease our volume of backup incidents and associated payouts,” said Sajid Ordagic, safety manager at Rasmussen Group.

Rasmussen is a Des Moines, Iowabased construction company with hundreds of heavy-duty concrete trucks that has been using Samsara’s new product. They have seen backup incidents reduced and estimate they have already saved $30,000 in false claims.

Camera Connector also integrates third-party camera feeds into Samsara’s video-based workflows which are used for safety instruction. Fleet managers can now see exactly what their drivers are experiencing right from their desktops.

Camera Connector is easily installed and eliminates the need to rip out and replace existing camera systems. Camera Connector is now available to new and existing customers.