subject: Mobile Workforce Tracking Reduces Driver Safety Risk [print this page] . Fleet running organisations have become to recognise that vehicle tracking systems as an indispensable lifeline.
Reports consistently show that half of all company owned fleet vehicles will be involved in an accident within the same 12 months, and over three quarters of the accidents were also found to be the fault of the drivers. Further studies reveal that the majority of incidents involve broken glass, employees driving into the back of the vehicle in front, and collisions with static objects such as a wall.
Given that company vehicle drivers daily spend considerably more time on the road, it is understandable that they would likely have an increased accident rate. It has been estimated that once vehicle time off the road and loss of potential sales are factored in, the real cost of every accident repair is actually three times higher than the actual cost of the vehicle repair itself.
Obviously, ability to reduce these urgent problems would not only improve driver safety, leading to improved productivity, efficiency and company perception but could, as a result, translate intosignificant cost savings.
It makes practical sense to obtain accurate realtime vehicle tracking information on driver behaviour for every journey, e.g. speed, braking and accelerating, plus general driving attitude according to each set of road conditions.
Accident prevention can have a dramatic effect too on other areas of company concern such as, helping to reduce insurance premiums, repair costs and ability to transact favourable further vehicle leasing.
A Mobile Workforce Tracking system can provide detailed data analysis of an entire journey from point of vehicle departure to return. A fleet manager can monitor their employees driving behaviour in real time, give immediate instructions in response to changing traffic conditions, or delivery schedules that makes better use of driver time in altering circumstances.
Both large international companies and regional SMEs are able to make substantive use of a vehicle fleet tracking solution which will encourage a more careful and responsible attitude amongst their drivers and ensure legal compliance with Health & Safety & Duty Of Care legislation.
