Business Fleet published a great article on “how four fleets use driver input — and driver accountability — along with rightsizing, route optimization and new technology to achieve fuel savings of 10-20 percent.”
Empowering Drivers with Telematics
For Vision Restoration & Building Co. Inc. in Dearborn Heights, Mich., the ability to track driver behavior, location and speed was enough to convince Steve Carson, the company’s general manager, to invest in a telematics system from FleetMatics.
Carson had the telematics system installed for about a month before telling his employees so he could get a clear look at how much his driver’s habits shifted once they knew they were being observed. “At first it was a matter of control and eliminating the issue, such as when some of the guys were taking their lunch with the vehicles running, but now that they know (the system) is there and that they’re tracked, it has all but stopped completely,” he says.
Through FleetMatics, Vision Restoration is alerted whenever a driver exceeds 70 mph.
Carson says he had to speak with a few drivers about going over the limit, but after a warning or two, the speeding virtually stopped. Shift managers are also sent an immediate notification on their phone when a driver goes over the company limit.
Read the full article on businessfleet.com
