Vision Techniques wins fourth innovation award

The vehicle safety specialist earned Best Innovation Award at the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management's Sustainability and Resorce Awards.

This year's winning innovation was the VT IDent, a system which remotely controls electrical and hydraulic elements of a vehicle, including ignition, brakes and on-board machinery, which reduces the chance of injury or theft.

Vision Techniques was up against great competition with refuse vehicle manufacturer Dennis Eagle and international road sweeping manufacturer Aebi Schmidt among the list of nominees

"The companies and councils that have used the IDent system have given us fantastic feedback about its benefits and highlighted that it is a unique safety system in the market."

Kier Environmental head of fleet and plant Darren Judd, who is responsible for their fleet of 750 heavy use vehicles across the UK and joined the VT team at the event said: “There are so many instances where a vehicle could be out of our control. If someone jumps in with the engine running and tries to steal it - that’s a 26 tonne truck, it could cause a lot of damage in the wrong hands.”