Logging saves fuel
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• When the driver of a vehicle fitted with this Stanley speed logging unit reaches his preset speed, he is warned audibly and visually. For every 10 seconds he continues at over that speed, one unit is logged. So fitting one of these could be one way for an operator to support the Freight Transport Association and Road Haulage Association jointly run "No need to speed" campaign.
The importer, Torque Ltd, of Unit 2, Dodgson Stree Rochdale, Lancashire OL1 5SJ, says that they are a mat datory fitment in Japan ar Singapore.
Torque points out that whi: some commercial vehicle operators run fuel savin schemes by the use of tactic graph chart readings, the are not available to operatot down the weight scale or 1 fleet car users. Although the can fit a speed discipline urn in some cases these have et countered driver resistancl This is where the speed 101 ging unit comes in, at 280 pk VAT ex works.
The idea is that, fa example, a predetermined bc nus of Lx a month would t paid to drivers whose loggir unit shows minimum chaN over a monthly period. Aftt all, an educated right foot in mains the main element in fu, saving. Perhaps fitters coul be included in the benefits some way.