How Towing Companies Can Benefit from GPS Tracking
11 Dec 2014If you’ve not yet explored the potential benefits of GPS tracking for towing companies, now is an excellent time to do so — particularly with winter just around the corner. This particular fleet tracking service provides many benefits you may have not yet even considered. In addition to the fuel cost savings you’ve heard about – which can be substantial – these are just a few benefits that make GPS tracking worthwhile for towing companies.
Delivers Real Time Weather Monitoring
While you’re in business to help other drivers on the road, you also don’t want to risk your employees or your equipment needlessly. Real time weather monitoring through GPS tracking systems provides constant updates regarding driving conditions so you miss the heart of the storm when your people are on the road.
Provides Traffic Monitoring
This works hand in hand with weather monitoring to help you avoid areas where traffic is slow as a result of weather and other road conditions. This helps you avoid the slow traffic areas when the slowdown is unrelated to calls you’re responding to.
When you are responding to accidents in areas where there is a long line of traffic, especially in the event of Interstate and highway accidents, it’s beneficial to have fleet tracking tools onboard to help you avoid the bulk of traffic and find the closest entry point to the accident or breakdown.
Saving time responding to calls, such as this, allows you to serve more customers in the course of your day.
Improves Dispatch Efficiency
GPS fleet tracking software points out the most efficient route and the closest available driver for calls in an instant. There’s no mapping the mileage and trying to figure out which truck is where. The system is always monitoring this critical information. This efficiency helps you respond to calls faster.
Allows You to Provide Faster Customer Response Times
Not only are you able to respond to calls faster and with greater efficiency (no more cross purposes with your drivers), but you’re also better able to deliver accurate estimates for arrival times too. People who are trapped on the side of the road and law enforcement officers who are trying to clear and manage traffic appreciate accurate response times and are much more likely to recommend your service to friends and on social media when you provide them with this small dose of peace.
Two-Way Communication with Your Drivers
Drivers can inform you of what’s happening on the road ahead and you can notify your drivers, quickly when traffic conditions on the road take place and rerouting needs to occur.
Every step tow truck companies take to improve customer response, efficiency, and fuel savings is a step in the right direction for consumers. GPS tracking for towing companies does all this and more.
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