Telematics Watch

Roger C. Lanctot

2013: The Year in Blogs or My Year of Writing Dangerously

Waze, Tesla, Nokia, Blackberry, Apple, Google, OnStar. These are the names that we recall looking back on 2013. Incremental progress has been made, but hopes are high for 2014. It is with that progress and hope in mind that I share these links to my blogs from the past year – in case you missed one or two… or all of them. Here they all are:

http://tinyurl.com/kxjhfdw – Black Box Insurance Coming Soon to Your Car

http://tinyurl.com/n8d2h9c – Some Light New Year’s Reading for US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx

http://tinyurl.com/lh77bd8 – ‘Twas the Night before Xmas and OnStar is Running Ads and Tracking Santa

http://tinyurl.com/m5hzrha – Rumors of Android Consortium at CES Greatly Exaggerated

http://tinyurl.com/m2vdl7k – A BYOD Thanksgiving in Planes and Automobiles

http://tinyurl.com/njc5x6j – Time to Tune in to Mazda Radio or Honda Radio or…

http://tinyurl.com/my9am7d – Tesla’s Burning Car Response Highlights Industry Blind Spot

http://tinyurl.com/m6pr974 – Why Can’t BMW Figure Out Who I Am?

http://tinyurl.com/kcluo3m – Cars Can and Should be More Like Phones

http://tinyurl.com/qzs5ot2 – ACR Will Transform Radio Engagement

http://tinyurl.com/nvw9x8t – Why Amazon Buying Blackberry Makes Sense

http://tinyurl.com/m46p7ua – Distraction Mitigation, Back-up Cameras, V2V Top US DOT To-Do List

http://tinyurl.com/kunlh6r – Nissan Free Tow Hints at Changing Automotive Customer Relationships

http://tinyurl.com/meud4m7 – A To-Do List for the new U.S. Transportation Secretary – Anthony Foxx

http://tinyurl.com/mtrvujz – New FRA Railroad Crossing App on the Wrong Track

http://tinyurl.com/k58cn3p – Waze Gives the Location Industry a Lesson in How to Create Value

http://tinyurl.com/lxse9rt – Brazil Must Raise Safety Standards Before It Raises Its Car Exports

http://tinyurl.com/k9bazxg – Wearable Transportation within Our Reach

http://tinyurl.com/lv5oxqt – Distracted Driving: It Can’t Wait! – A Message for the NAIC

http://tinyurl.com/mh2ea52 – Siri Pushing My Buttons

http://tinyurl.com/m7ptx4y – Microsoft’s Nokia Acquisition Puts Map Data in the Spotlight

http://tinyurl.com/k3ek83s – Consumers Interested in Self-Driving Cars Despite Industry, Government Obfuscation

http://tinyurl.com/m4rkx7g – AAIA Sounds the Battle Cry over Automotive Service Hegemony

http://tinyurl.com/cqo9ljx – Progressive: Rate Suckers Change up the UBI Message

http://tinyurl.com/cwshd45 – The UK Leads the Way, Again, in UBI Car Insurance

http://tinyurl.com/chvkqa3 – Conflicted Strategies Tangle Virginia, Maryland Transportation Funding

http://tinyurl.com/cn2lmrc – California VIN ECON Next-of-Kin Notification Bill Has Global Implications for Telematics

http://tinyurl.com/aa3kl34 – Brazilian cab passengers benefiting from connectivity via Samsung tablet-based Multitoky Mobile

http://tinyurl.com/lk29r7u – UBI Technology Challenging Old Insurance Industry Customer Relationship Practices

http://tinyurl.com/l7luaut – Dealer Power Failure Could Stop Connected Cars

http://tinyurl.com/k8bjfxb – Tweddle Enabling a New Vehicle Relationship Paradigm

http://tinyurl.com/ldlabrd – The Greatest Disruptive Force in the Automotive Industry – UPDATE*

http://tinyurl.com/mzzefk9 – NADA Phase 2 Factory Image Program Study: Happy Returns from Service Investments

http://tinyurl.com/k9b2orn – Turn Off the Red-Light … Cameras – Safer Intersections are within Reach

http://tinyurl.com/knfylem – Smartphones Can Solve the Map Update Challenge Now!

http://tinyurl.com/m6afmva – Affinity Programs Will Replace Usage-based Insurance Sound and Fury of 2012

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