How Positive Coaching Can Improve Fleet Driver Safety
Driver Management June 29, 2021 0

How Positive Coaching Can Improve Fleet Driver Safety

How Positive Coaching Can Improve Fleet Driver Safety

Drivers have a difficult job. They spend hours of their day navigating traffic and dealing with other drivers while focusing on arriving at their destination quickly and safely. The pressures of job productivity can lead to bad driving habits like speeding, hard braking, and aggressive acceleration and potentially cause accidents. Luckily fleets have tools that can help identify these bad driving habits and address them. Video telematics systems can monitor the vehicle, and the driver and systems like the GPS Trackit solution can assign a score to evaluate how a driver is performing. Read More

How to Use GPS Tracking & Telematics to Prevent Injury, Liability or Lawsuits
Driver Management, Fleet Management, Safety & Security May 6, 2021 0

How to Use GPS Tracking & Telematics to Prevent Injury, Liability or Lawsuits

Preventing accidents is crucial in fleet management. When it comes to preventing injury, liability and lawsuits, it’s important to have as many useful safeguards in place as possible.
Dash cams can serve as a vehicle “black box” if they’re recording during an incident. Telematics can help reduce accident rates. We’ll examine several ways you can use GPS tracking and telematics to create a safer fleet.

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Correlation Between Speeding, Hard Braking and Higher Accident Rates
Driver Management May 4, 2021 0

Correlation Between Speeding, Hard Braking and Higher Accident Rates

What Is the Correlation Between Speeding, Hard Braking and Higher Accident Rates?

Accidents are often preventable through the right mix of training, education, and tracking. Over a 10-year period there was a 12-percent increase in the total number of people killed in large-truck crashes, from 4,245 fatalities in 2008 to 4,761 fatalities in 2017 according to a report released in 2019 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Trucking accidents can be costly, both in terms of money and lives lost. Ensuring the safety of your fleet drivers and the community you serve should always remain top-of-mind. Accidents are costly and can be a major issue, so make sure you’re doing everything in your power to reduce the chances of incidents.

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Rising Gas Prices: How Fleet Management Can Help | GPS Trackit
Cost Savings, Driver Management February 11, 2021 0

Rising Gas Prices: How Fleet Management Can Help | GPS Trackit

Rising Gas Prices: How Fleet Management Can Help

The cost of gas is the highest it’s been since the start of the pandemic. It. Demand for gasoline decreased last spring as travel slowed while people quarantined at home. And gas prices dropped 27 cents from 2019. But pump prices have steadily risen as the crisis has continued. By the end of 2020, it reached $2.31, according to the AAA. In January 2021, diesel averaged $2.63 across the country. Read More