Keystone Distribution UK has fitted the Fresnel lens to its fleet of 14o trucks.
The Fresnel Lens is a clear, thin, flat plastic lens that is press fitted to a truck’s passenger door window to help drivers tackle the truck mirror “blind-spot” problem.
Keystone’s transport manager decided to fit the lens as it offers an extremely effective and economical safety aid to each truck and helps the driver cover all blind spot areas.
The Lens is a simple, effective product and can be used on virtually any type of vehicle that is susceptible to blind spots, whether left or right hand drive. Blind spots are big enough to hide a small family saloon. The Fresnel Lens is backed by VOSA, The Department of Transport, The Highways Agency and Border & Immigration Agency.
aide automotive are apporved suppliers of the Fresnel Lens.
Scott Benbow, product manager at Continental Tyres, answers some frequently-asked questions.
How do I know what the correct tyre pressures are?
The correct tyre pressures for your vehicle will be found in the vehicle handbook and in some cases inside the vehicle – such as on the pillar of the driver’s door.
Read more at Fleet News.
Also aide automotive offer AirAlert the ideal product to check tyre pressures.
Fleet managers are advised to make cost savings says Ross Jackson’s artice on the Energy Savings Trust website.
Ross Jackson, managing director of consulting firm Fleet Operations, noted that managing costs needs to be the “number one priority” for transport executives.
With this the goverment have made an incentive scheme to buy more electric cars.
aide automotive have always seen that costs savings is the way forward, recharging batteries rather replacing is an ideal way to help costs and the environment.
Monitoring driving can also reduce costs, the Driver Eye is a simple cost effective monitor for any fleet.
Read the full article by clicking here.
The UKmotorist.com website has an interesting article on braking systems & stopping distances.
The report highlights that Every year 14,500 – 16,000 large goods vehicles are involved in UK crashes.
Further advice and recommendations are reviewed in the report, to read more click here.
aide automotive advises to check brakes regularly, BrakeCheck is the ideal tester for commercial vehicles inspection sheet brake test.
ASDA have recently been featured on saving money through fuel economy performance.
A massive 23 % reduction in fuel use is providing ASDA with great standing with customer relations and environmental challenges.
You can see a full viedo artice at the BBC official website.
aide automotive also strive to promote fuel reduction, using tyre pressure monitoring devices helps reduce fuel usage and again help reduces environmental impacts.
Anti siphon device are also an excellent product to stop fuel theft.
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The North Wales Police have been reported to mis fuel 26 vehicles even though preventive measures had been taken.
This demonstrates the only way to stop misfuelling is by using a device that stops diesel being put into petrol cars!
aide automotive have been involved with mis fuelling products for 5 years, DieselGuard the warning device was first introduced in 2003 but has now seen to be replaced with actual preventive devices such as RightFuel.
Click for aide automotive’s website or go straight to our mis fuelling device here.
Read more about North Wales Police’s mis fuelling problem by clicking here.
Increasingly thieves are using KO gases to immobilise drivers while the goods are removed and stolen, targeting overnight rest stops up and down the country drivers are sent into a into a much deeper slumber, incapacitating he or she for several hours.
The anonymousness of a remote parking area is welcomed by a growing number of unscrupulous burglars, which use narcotic gas to put their victims into a deep sleep to gain easy access to their cash, credit cards, ID cards, laptops, mobiles and most of all the trailers cargo! Don’t wake up to a disaster, be on the safe side with this Gas Alarm detector.
The GasAlert recognises all common narcotic gases regardless of whether they are based on ether, chloroform, butane, ethane or trichloroethane. The alarm is triggered as soon as it detects any hazardous substances in the air.
The noise of its integrated buzzer just can’t be ignored. For extra warning a red LED also lights. Once the GasAlert has been activated, the gas detector starts its self testing mode and automatically adjusts itself to the ambient air. Any system malfunctions are immediately indicated. A self test can be performed by simply pressing the self test button.
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