TT Club has partnered with the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) to improve the Motorway Buddy app, a driver-friendly compliance and safety management tool that provides the location of over 300 recognised truck stop facilities across the UK.
The collaboration aims to turn the Motorway Buddy app into a unified platform by merging its existing truck stop and driver compliance functions with the theft and crime data provided by the freight unit of the NaVCIS.
The improved app would produce a series of heat maps visualising recorded cargo and fuel theft incidents. The data would be updated every three months, with 12 months of data displayed at any one time.
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TT Club confirmed that the software development would start immediately, with the launch of the new features most likely to occur in two to three months.
“Since the inception of Motorway Buddy, our team have always looked at ways of solving the logistics industry’s pain points,” said Chris Holloway, the founder of Motorway Buddy.
“Having worked as a driver for over 20 years, and alongside trade associations for the past 9, it has become increasingly apparent that freight crime continues to be a major problem throughout Europe and we are now tremendously excited to be working with the TT Club and NaVCIS Freight to help solve this serious issue.”
