BigRoad Blog

Kathleen Buccleugh of Overdrive Online in the Tech Buzz section has provided a nice review of the BigRoad app:

If you haven't looked at a shared data plan for your fleet yet - you should.  We have seen many small fleets save hundreds of dollars a year by pooling their data plans across their smartphone and tablet devices when running BigRoad Fleet apps for tracking and electronic logs. 

Everything can all be contained in one device and one device only. Hey, we’re close. My Droid can do just about anything a laptop can do and faster, plus make calls. It has two GPS apps, both were FREE. It has five games that mimic those that you find on PlayStation and Xbox.  It has a camera that also does vids. I can watch television and movies.  Hulu is $7.99 per month. I even have a fake, (sure looks real) aquarium display. It all fits into my shirt pocket. There is even a new app that let’s me connect my phone (or tablet) to my television.

New smartphone app offering common sense fleet tracking and electronic HOS logging is changing the game for drivers and small fleets

BigRoad is always on the lookout for good apps that help improve life on the road for truckers.  We added in a great free app called 'Lose-it' into the BigRoad 'app launcher' in the latest release.  We've had overwhelming support from truck drivers out on the road, and I am quite amazed at the statistics I am seeing regarding usage from within the BigRoad app.  I have been using it myself for the last little while and it is quite revealing (sometimes too much perhaps....) regarding the calories going into my yap.  The snacks and drinks can really add up.....

Another BigRoad customer success story in our series - BJ Bear....

Bruce Richards, President of the Private Motor Truck Council (PMTC) is published in December's Truck West magazine commenting on BigRoad's recent financing announcement and the traction of our application with small trucking fleets.  He's right, we ARE providing a cost effective solution for small fleet operators, that their drivers want to use, and growing the subscriber base like crazy! 

I am not sure what the point of the stunt is - to prove Volvo trucks can drive straight, I guess?? - but it is an incredible act of courage for the girl on the slackline!  Kinda like the balancing act truckers and fleet owners make every day to keep the trucks running full and safe as regulations keep building up?

A good post by Truckin' Ed that highlights the need for independent operators and small fleet operators to join organizations such as OOIDA and NASTC to stand up against the impending EOBR mandate and force the lawmakers to realize that the industry is not made up of a bunch of lawless, over-tired, under-educated, unmotivated lunks that will accept whatever big government and their lobbyists dream up!  There is a better way to get safer as an industry that are actually practical, low cost and easy to implement.