Truck & RV Independent Witness

When the Witness senses an event, it: 1. Measures the peak G force 2. Calculates v ^ or change in acceleration 3. Provides direction of force(s) on all three axis (X,Y,Z) 4. Records the temperature Current users of the Independent Witness System Motorsport edition technology includes Nascar Winston Cup Series, Nascar Bush Series, Nascar Craftsman Truck Series, World Rally Championship, GM Racing, Grand American Road Racing among others. The vision for the Independent Witness System is to be the world leader in developing and deploying technology-based solutions that protect capital assets from catastrophic loss in our primary application markets: Vehicle fleets; shipping and cargo; motorsports; buildings and structures (seismic). We deliver unprecedented value through the Independent Witness Asset Protection System, a holistic, proactive way for businesses to protect both legal and financial interests from litigation and false or fraudulent damage claims. The Witness Asset Protection System is more than just a "black box" data recorder. It is designed as an integrated approach to help organizations prevent and recover loss, lower operational costs, and protect capital assets. The Witness System is comprised of the following components: The Witness incident data recorder Reconstructionist software Accident Severity Injury Potential Database (ASIP) Expert IWI consultation The Witness Incident Data Recorder The system’s heart is The Witness, patented hardware designed to objectively record incident data. The Witness IDR is designed for use in a variety of applications to protect multiple mobile or stationary assets. Until recently, hardware designed to measure the magnitude and direction of forces resulting from impacts and collisions has been applied primarily in academic and research settings. And while such devices are viewed as an effective way to collect incident data on how forces can cause damage to property and people, they have not been considered either practical or cost-effective enough to implement in the private sector, across hundreds or thousands of assets, such as a fleet of vehicles, shipping containers or even buildings. By virtue of its low cost and compact size, the Witness is practical for use across hundreds or even thousands of assets. Maintenance-free and self-contained, The Witness records an event in three ways: direction of movement (3-dimensional); G-force rating of the collision; and Delta V, the change of velocity that occurs between impact and within less than a millisecond following, the true measure of impact. Each event is identified with an indelible time and date stamp. Reconstructionist Software Using the Reconstructionist software, integrated into the system, digital data stored in The Witness IDR can be quickly downloaded onto an ordinary PC, where the information is converted into an analog wav-form that is easy to read and interpret. Incident Database As data is recorded and downloaded, it can be routinely compiled using the ASIP Database. In this manner, collective information from the total number of Witness IDRs can be acquired and managed. In time, different event models can be created for determining the statistical probability of injury to a vehicle, a driver or a piece of property. The data becomes an organization’s most powerful tool for asset protection, an evaluative device for assessing the real costs of incidents and accidents. Expert IWI Consultation With IWI’s expert consultation, parameters and real world qualifiers of specific importance or relevance to an organization are compared. In the long run, how an organization is conducted is directly affected by this critical, objective data. The value to an organization? Reduced costs, safer operations and increased efficiency. Ample reasons to justify the presence of an Asset Protection System in today’s business. Vehicle Fleet Applications According to Automotive Fleet 2000, more than 12 million fleet vehicles are currently in operation throughout the United States. From rental cars to taxis, municipal to company-owned, vehicle fleets represent a rolling stock of capital assets of the first magnitude. And because mobile assets are so vulnerable to catastrophic loss through theft, collision, tampering and fraud, they represent the most logical place to test the concept of asset protection. This is where the story of Independent Witness’s asset protection technology really begins. Our technology was developed to address the three primary issues faced by those charged with maintaining a vehicle fleet: Fraudulent or excessive claims Lack of objective data for determining damage liability "Phantom" or unreported property damage Phantom or unreported property damage Every year, unallocated damage expenses cost the country’s top rental car agencies some $100 million. Privately held and government vehicle fleets are similarly affected. Such losses result from damage not readily detected by cursory inspection: undercarriage and frame damage, wheel misalignments and cracked rims. For the first time in history, The Witness Asset Protection System can provide fleet owners with a powerful tool to place accountability on those responsible for damaging fleet vehicles. With the ability to record date, time and magnitude of force a vehicle is subjected to, fleet operators can effectively head off this wasteful and unproductive abuse of a major capital asset, resulting in a substantial savings of time and money. In fact, fleet owners report that just having The Witness System installed in a fleet accounts for an overall reduction in claims, a self-described "halo effect." For example, in Altamonte Springs Florida, a police fleet instrumented half of its vehicles with The Witness System without disclosing to its officers specifically which vehicles. In the 180 days following installation, no unallocated property damage claims were reported in an environment where 5 to 7 claims were considered typical. Lack of objective data For those charged with maintaining and operating vehicle fleets, accidents are considered an acceptable, though not desirable, cost of doing business. Of course, automotive insurance can offset financial liability when an organization’s driver is at fault. With the implementation of a Witness Asset Protection System, objective incident data can accurately interpret events at a level of detail indiscernible to even the parties involved. Fraudulent or excessive claims Data obtained from The Witness is not limited to interpreting damage incurred by vehicles. Using past event information, The Witness System can effectively determine injury potential from an accident. Based upon Delta-V and G-forces, as well as the elapsed time such forces were sustained, the likelihood of injury can be scientifically verified. Using The Witness technology, fleet operators have the ability to determine if an injury claim is equitable. The result is that operating losses from excessive claim settlement, unnecessary litigation and exaggerated worker’s compensation reports may well become a thing of the past. Fraudulent or excessive claims story The passengers of a Witness equipped cab in Las Vegas reported their driver had rear- ended the car ahead, and was then struck from behind. Police reports from the accident scene substantiated this claim. When presented with the graph of accident impact obtained from the Witness System, police determined the cab was in fact first struck from behind before hitting the car in front of it, effectively reversing prior accounts of accident liability and saving Desert Cab Company over $11,000 in costs for a single incident.