Interested in improving your team’s safety? Whether you have four vehicles in your fleet or a much larger fleet, installing telematics devices into your company’s vehicles can help mitigate unsafe or wasteful driving behaviors.
The team at Butler Automotive Management discusses how the data from telematics devices can make your fleet safe and more efficient!
What is Telematics?
Essentially, telematics is the technology that you can use to monitor a wide range of information relating to either an individual vehicle or your entire fleet.
Telematics systems gather data such as:
- Vehicle Location (GPS tracking)
- Driver behavior
- Engine diagnostics
- Vehicle activity
- Vehicle speed
- Inspection reports
- Panic alerts
- Job dispatch and messaging
- Dashboard camera footage
Telematics allows fleet managers to make informed decisions to optimize their fleet resources. This can have a big impact on your bottom line.
How Telematics Can Boost Fleet Safety
When your job is to be on the road driving, it’s important to keep safety top of mind. Accidents in your business vehicles can negatively impact your team, your company impression, and honestly driving in Tampa Bay is hard enough as it is.
For all of us on sharing the road, here’s how telematics data can boost the safety of your fleet drivers:
- Reduce speeding and unsafe driving
- Manage driver fatigue
- Manage vehicle safety
- Provide fleet-wide visibility
- Foster a culture of safety and responsibility
Reduce Speeding and Unsafe Driving
With telematics, drivers can gain insight into their driving performance to help reduce any risky behaviors, such as speeding, hard braking, or excessive acceleration.
The managers or supervisors of the fleet can also access the data and coach drivers to engage in safer driving habits to mitigate the chances of accidents or traffic violations in a company vehicle.
Manage Driver Fatigue
Tiredness and fatigue can affect a driver’s ability to focus long before they are aware that they are tired. Fatigue-related crashes are often more severe because of the lag time in a driver’s reaction when they are fatigued.
With a telematics system, drivers can track their hours to ensure that they are not working excessive hours, and account for required breaks. Managers and supervisors can monitor the distance and time that a driver has been driving to ensure that all drivers are awake and well-rested while out on the road.
Manage Vehicle Safety
A well-maintained fleet is crucial to boosting fleet safety, as proper maintenance—or lack thereof— is a major factor in accidents.
With a telematics system, fleet managers can schedule condition-based maintenance on their fleet, since telematics devices connect directly to the Engine Control Module and can provide a variety of data reports.
Not only does this give managers and drivers a clear understanding of a fleet vehicle’s condition, but they are also better equipped to anticipate breakdowns before they occur.
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Provide Fleet-Wide Visibility
Visibility is essential to assess, evaluate, and control any risks, reduced productivity, or fleet inefficiencies.
Telematics allows businesses to track and gain real-time visibility across their fleet, which allows supervisors to effectively communicate with drivers regarding any disruptions in delivery or service time frames to provide a more accurate time of arrival for customers.
Butler Automotive Management can install telematics into your company fleet. We can also help maintain the overall condition of your fleet vehicles; we will come to you for routine maintenance, emergencies, and help you avoid any major issues out on the road. Call today—(813) 850-0022!
Foster a Culture of Safety and Responsibility
Data is key to successfully managing a fleet. Access to accurate live data fosters a culture of safety and responsibility for everyone in your business. Drivers will be more aware of their hours and can effectively keep track of the condition of their vehicles.
Further, managers can remotely oversee fleet operations and check in on every driver to ensure that they are on schedule. Upper management can use advanced analytics to help reduce fleet costs, streamline daily processes, and manage compliance.
Overall, telematics will allow everyone in your business to make better-informed decisions based on data.
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BAM! Track Your Operations
When it comes to the installation of telematics and mobile fleet management, Butler Automotive Management is second to none. Driven by innovation, we provide complete fleet management support and mobile car care services across Tampa Bay.
We are a preferred GPS and telematics installer for many local companies; call Butler Automotive Management today to optimize your fleet’s operations—(813) 850-0022!
