How to Handle Fleet Truck Tire Blowouts
Proper preventive maintenance practices for trucking fleets cover a wide gamut of vehicle components that should regularly be evaluated, repaired or replaced.
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The Distraction of Eating & Driving for Truck & Van Drivers
Discussions on the issue of distracted driving tend to focus on the most prevalent problem: cell phone use. However, fleets that are looking to combat driver distraction in their operations effectively would be remiss to not address another problematic driver distraction: eating and driving.
So, before autonomous cars arrive and allow fleet drivers to easily munch on the go in their work vehicles, fleets should consider how detrimental eating and driving can be regarding the safety of their drivers and vehicles.
The Telematics Benefits That Matter to Fleet Managers
Telematics and GPS solutions have evolved and adapted to new industry innovations to match the growing needs of fleet managers.
As of 2018, 30-40% of the fleet market was reported to be using a telematics product 1, a percentage that is still continuing to grow as more fleets find these solutions increasingly valuable to their business.
Truck Driver Shortage and Rising Fuel Prices Trouble Fleet Managers
When it comes to managing a fleet, there are a lot of factors to consider that may cause bottlenecks and constraints. Namely, personnel and materials required to operate the fleet are issues that every fleet manager is currently facing.
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 Reduce Fleet Maintenance Problems
Your job as a fleet manager or fleet owner is complex because you have to manage preventive maintenance, service history, multiple service dates, manufacturer recalls and track the costs of many vehicles in your fleet. This work is more complicated when the data is spread across multiple systems, spreadsheets and paper documents.
We are thrilled to announce that we have launched our new GPS Trackit Marketplace. The GPS Trackit Marketplace is focused on solving fleet businesses’ everyday problems with their fleet drivers and vehicles. This marketplace will allow you to browse, try, buy and access carefully selected 3rd party solution apps from the fleet ecosystem. Read More
Simplify Work for Your Fleet Managers with Better Telematics
The saying “time is money” is almost 300 years old, but fleet managers of today know all too well how wasted work hours and missed business opportunities can impact fleet productivity and revenue. Fleet managers are the people most affected by the complexity and speed of tasks required every working day.
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