Telematics are shifting the paradigm within the transportation industry. The ability to observe and analyze driver behaviors and vehicle condition throughout each day, week, and month presents tremendous opportunities to improve numerous inefficiencies. Idling is a powerful example – reducing the time drivers spend at idle reliably decrease fuel costs by more than 10%, often as much as 20% – a savings of approximately $300-$600 per vehicle.
But controlling costs and refining driver behaviors are just the beginning of the telematics paradigm shift. Driver behavior monitoring has been shown to reduce commercial driving incidents by 20-30%. This significantly improves the safety and well-being of your drivers, public safety, and once again your bottom line. The NHTSA estimates that non-fatal accidents cost an average of more than $16,000.
In addition to these benefits, telematics can help to monitor and react to sub-optimal vehicle conditions, providing maintenance opportunities before parts fall out of compliance or become dangerous. Driver monitoring can even improve efficiency. The advantages to operating costs, the environment, public and driver safety, compliance, and accountability make trucking telematics exceptional for ROI and even your fleet’s reputation. Contact us to learn more.
