Video: installing a CarCam monitoring system


The Ed is on site at Penske to video a CarCam in-vehicle moniotirng system being installed into a truck.

Penske Commercial Vehicles in Manukau, Auckland was the destination for our latest visit, as we called in to check on progress for the in-vehicle camera and Tire Angel tyre pressure monitoring package that was being fitted into a new MAN 8x4 curtainsider which is just about ready to hit the tarmac.

Understandably, once a new rig starts working, there is little time to take it off the road for the addition of extra equipment like what is being fitted today, so registered installer Paul O’Connor of Pro Install Auto has a small window of opportunity get everything up and running before the truck gets handed over to someone else for the next part of its fit-out.

CarCam NZ Ltd is the provider of the hardware that will help the new truck work more efficiently and safer. Company director Andy Slater says that a lot of people have a misconception about the types of systems his company provides – especially when it comes to cameras.

Read more in the latest issue of Deals on Wheels (#274) out on Monday 20 June 2016.

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