Ever remember hearing, “If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it, too?” 

It’s a drastic example, sure. But it was always about the same thing: avoiding the pitfalls of following the crowd when the consequences could be serious. 

What does that phrase have to do with running a fleet? 

More than you’d think. Popular AI dash cam and telematics solutions are frustrating fleets and introducing unnecessary risk at a time when accuracy and reliability have never been more important. While certain camera brands promise the world with flashy advertising and splashy product launches, some of them may be quietly leading carriers and fleets off a proverbial cliff of consequences. 

Imagine your dash cam platform crying wolf 

Imagine this scenario. A fleet manager starts noticing a driver racking up speeding alerts, particularly near freeway frontage roads, on-ramps, and in rural stretches. The alerts are consistent enough to be alarming. 

But the driver is adamant: I wasn’t speeding. 

The fleet manager reviews the dash cam footage from the flagged events. The driver is right. The posted speed limit didn’t match what the system detected. The AI and software backing the platform simply got it wrong. 

One false positive is a minor annoyance. But when this keeps happening, across drivers, across routes, day after day, it becomes a systemic problem. Trust in the platform erodes. Drivers feel unfairly penalized. Managers are stuck spending their limited time reviewing possibly faulty alerts instead of focusing on actual safety risks. 

A carrier can file a support ticket with the vendor, of course. But those tickets may go unresolved for months, if they’re addressed at all. The other option is for the fleet to manually edit or dismiss every false alert on their own. For larger operations, that’s a headache. For smaller carriers, it’s simply not feasible. They don’t have the bandwidth to audit every alert the system generates. 

Not just a hypothetical 

While the scenario above is presented as hypothetical, these exact issues have surfaced on a well-known, heavily marketed AI dash cam and telematics platform, according to comments made by its own users during a recent seasonal product update call. 

Fleets described persistent false speeding alerts triggered when frontage road signage sits near the interstate, causing the system to misidentify the posted speed limit. Others noted false speeding events on freeway on-ramps, where the brief transition from a lower to higher speed zone generates an inaccurate alert. Multiple users flagged false speeding data in rural areas, where GPS drift and incorrect data compound the problem. 

The issues extended beyond speeding. Users reported disabling lane departure alerts entirely because the system was flagging events even when drivers were clearly using turn signals to enter a turn lane. Others described persistent problems with false positives from AI-powered features for phone detection and following distance. 

Some reported opening support tickets months earlier, only to be told that engineers were “working on a fix” with no improvement to show for it. One user summed up the situation bluntly: the only resolution offered by the vendor was for the customer to manually edit the system’s data themselves. 

This raises a critical question: if a platform can’t be relied on to accurately capture everyday driving data like speeding, lane changes, and following distance, how can you trust it when the stakes are highest?  

When a driver needs exoneration after an incident, when an insurance claim hinges on video evidence, or when a safety audit demands reliable data, the foundation must be solid.  

Flashy doesn’t mean functional 

Fleets don’t need a camera system that looks good in a press release or a Big Game commercial. They need one that works. One that doesn’t generate hours of manual cleanup. One that drivers trust, managers rely on, and leadership can point to with confidence when evaluating safety performance or defending against a claim. 

Fortunately, this experience isn’t the norm across all dash cam and telematics providers. There is a solution built from the ground up to prioritize the one thing that matters most: accuracy. 

Geotab GO Focus Plus: Built for accuracy, designed for results 

Where other platforms may leave fleets second-guessing their data, the Geotab GO Focus Plus AI dash cam was engineered to eliminate that doubt. Its precision for detecting risks like distraction, fatigue, and tailgating is consistently above 99%.  

That level of accuracy changes the daily experience for everyone involved. When the platform flags an event, fleet managers can trust it’s legitimate. When it assigns a severity level, they know it reflects what happened on the road. Drivers aren’t unfairly penalized by phantom alerts, and managers aren’t buried under a mountain of false positives that drain their time and focus. 

Here’s what else sets it apart: 

• Real-time, in-cab voice coaching: Drivers receive instant, specific voice prompts the moment risky behavior like phone use, distraction, or tailgating is detected, helping them self-correct before a situation escalates. 
• Behavior-based safety, not just incident review: Instead of reacting to events after the fact, GO Focus Plus identifies behavior patterns and repeat offenders over time, connecting every event to a coaching workflow inside MyGeotab where managers can assign sessions, track progress, and recognize improvement. 
• Severity-based prioritization: AI-driven severity ranking surfaces the most critical events and high-magnitude patterns first, so managers focus on what matters instead of sifting through hours of footage or low-priority alerts. 
• One unified platform: Geotab brings telematics, ELD compliance, analytics, safety monitoring, maintenance tracking, and video intelligence together in a single system. 
• Continuously improving AI: Advanced AI models refine detection and coaching with every update, so the system gets smarter automatically — a stark contrast to providers whose users are still waiting on fixes for basic functionality. 
• Fast, simple installation: GO Focus Plus connects to a Geotab GO device with a single cable, auto-pairs and calibrates, and requires no IT support. Most users can go from unboxing to fully operational in as little as 15 to 20 minutes per vehicle. 

Transflo + Geotab: A fleet technology ecosystem 

The GO Focus Plus is a powerful solution on its own. But when you access it through Transflo, Geotab’s No. 1 reseller, you unlock a complete fleet technology ecosystem that extends far beyond the dash cam. 

Transflo connects the cab to the back office with solutions that keep freight moving, drivers supported, and payments flowing. Adding GO Focus Plus through Transflo means your safety data, driver workflows, and operational tools all live within a connected ecosystem, creating a single source of truth that eliminates the silos and inefficiencies that come with cobbling together point solutions from multiple vendors. 

For carriers focused on their cost per mile and reducing the time from cab to cash, that integration matters. Every hour a fleet manager spends chasing false alerts or manually correcting bad data is an hour not spent on operations that move the business forward. Every driver frustrated by an inaccurate system is a retention risk. 

With Transflo and Geotab GO Focus Plus, fleets get the accuracy they can trust, the coaching tools that change driver behavior, and the connected platform that ties safety, compliance, and operations together. That’s not following the crowd off a cliff.  

Ready to see the difference accuracy makes? 

Stop settling for a platform that creates more work than it solves. See how GO Focus Plus and Transflo can bring reliable, accurate intelligence to your fleet. Chat with our team or request a demo today.