Distracting and Defective
Our company with a fleet of over 500 vans recently changed to GeoTab from Samsara. The GeoTab solution was clearly designed by someone who has never driven a van.
On installation, the dash housing had to be removed 3 times due to a cheap, small connector where the wiring kept falling out. That was a 2 hour installation by someone who has installed dozens of these cameras. That raised alarm bells.
The camera has a small, credit card-sized LED screen mounted just below the centre rear view mirror. This means taking your eyes off the road to look at the screen and try to decipher the warning. At least the Samsara system gave audio alerts which did not distract you whilst driving.
And beep it does... incessantly. The application is fraught with bugs and I doubt any pre-release testing has been done. Yawn and you get an alarm and a 'Z' displayed. Sing and you get a 'Z' displayed. Put a cough lozenge in your mouth and you get a warning for eating. Rub your nose and you get a warning for, you guessed it, eating.
The best was when I turned the sun vizor down and 'BEEP' warning for eating. About ten minutes later and right peeved, I picked up a health bar from the middle console, opened it, waved it in front of the camera, took a bite looking directly at the camera and.....nudda, nothing, luthu.
Is the dash cam any better? I have had alerts with the image of the van and a line through it on several occasions where 1) The speed control was set to the speed limit 2) I was on a motorway with 2 lanes 3) There were no other vehicles on the road 4) I was within the lane I was driving on.
Thinking the camera might be faulty, I have asked other drivers in our fleet with these curses fitted. They are all experiencing the same.
I urge other drivers experiencing this to please submit reviews to protect against unfair driving appraisals, disciplinaries and possible dismissal. If you are subject to any of these processes due to these cameras, insist on an independent assessment of the solution by a reputable, competent company.
4 listopada 2025
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