Daylight saving time comes to an end on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 2:00 a.m. This signals longer nights and more hours of darkness in a given day. For fleet drivers, this means increased dangers on the road.

Keeping your drivers safe, is one of your top priorities as a fleet manager. These are some of the dangers your drivers will face once there are more hours of darkness in the day and what you can do to help.

Fatigue

Your drivers don’t have to be on lengthy trips to experience fatigue while driving, but longer trips can exacerbate tiredness behind the wheel. According to the National Safety Council, reported that the majority of fatigue-related accidents and near misses occur between the hours of midnight and 2:00 a.m., 4:00 and 6:00 a.m., and 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. When this is exacerbated by things like darkness, poorer vision at night, and other distractions it can become a recipe for disaster on the road.

Encourage your drivers to get between seven and nine hours of sleep before getting behind the wheel, stopping every two hours to give themselves a break, and pulling over for a nap if they are too drowsy to continue. Practices like these will save lives, spare cargo, and keep your drivers alert so they can return home safely.

Impaired Night Vision

As you age, your night vision decreases. This means you’ll need more light to see as well as younger drivers on the road. While there is little you can do about your driver’s vision other than provide outstanding vision coverage and encouraging yearly exams, there are things you can do to improve the lighting. The National Safety Council recommends the following to combat night vision impairments: clean headlights, taillights, etc. weekly – or more often if necessary; ensure that headlights are properly aimed, and instruct drivers to reduce speed and following distances while driving at night.

Install GPS Tracking Software

GPS fleet tracking can be used for far more than providing directions. It can help you track the number of hours your drivers are behind the wheel and how frequently they take breaks while driving. It can even signal you, and send alerts, if drivers are showing signs of sleepy or distracted driving, driving too fast at night, and various other risky behaviors behind the wheel.

Keeping your drivers safe at night is a priority as daylight saving time approaches when nights grow longer and may seem endless to drivers on the road. These tips will help you keep your drivers safer while on the road.

Looking to boost your fleet’s productivity, reduce fleet fuel and maintenance costs, and improve fleet drivers driving? Take a look out LiveViewGPS fleet tracking products, like the Fleet Tracker OBD.

The future is here and it is embracing the many benefits GPS tracking technology has to offer. Especially with entities, such as Metrolink, introducing the benefits GPS stands to offer to its customers.

What benefit does GPS tracking have to offer Metrolink customers?

For one, it allows passengers to track their trains in real time. This means they can make highly educated estimates about when trains will arrive at their destinations.

This is highly beneficial – not only to people waiting to catch trains, but also to people already on the train who are attempting to schedule meetings, plans, and Uber rides once they arrive at their destinations.

This isn’t only about the convenience of scheduling however, the move Metrolink is making is one designed to assist passengers who have embraced technology by making the scheduling and purchasing of tickets as simple as possible – even allowing these things to be done completely online or via mobile phone. All that is needed is for passengers to download the mobile app through Google Play or the App Store.

Don’t worry, though, while these conveniences are certainly attractive to many audiences, Metrolink will continue to offer traditional means for scheduling rides and purchasing tickets, while also making plans to accommodate future technology growth at the same time.

The use of GPS to track trains is an ideal way to improve customer service without adding to costs for customers. In fact, the use of GPS along with other high-tech tools makes riding the train an easier proposition than ever before.

Metrolink operates in Southern California, serving as a regional commuter rail service serving six counties via a 538-mile route network. It is the second busiest provider of public transportation in southern California and the third largest U.S. based commuter rail agency.

The commuter rail service provides seven different routes under the leadership of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA). The hope is that the move to real-time GPS tracking for passengers will help them grow to number one in directional route miles travelled (currently number three) as well as annual ridership (currently eighth largest).

GPS tracking cannot fix all the challenges commuter rail services today face, but it does go a long way toward reaching a younger passenger audience and appealing to more tech-savvy passengers and commuters throughout the Southern California area.

To learn more about GPS tracking devices for personal uses or business fleets, give us a call today at LiveViewGPS at 1-888-544-0494.

Segways offers users from all walks of life the opportunity to travel cleaner, greener, and with greater convenience. They are tools of the future that are used in office buildings, on boardwalks, and to navigate the busy downtown streets of big cities throughout the country.

Segways are also quite an investment for consumers and businesses alike to make. That is why it is so important to protect that investment. Known for convenience and mobility, Segways have been used for city tours and by police forces for large events, such as the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Protecting Your Segway Investment

The odds are good that if you’ve made the investment in a Segway for your personal use or you’ve invested in several for your business, you know just how much of an investment these devices require. While many would argue that they are worth every penny, the fact remains that you want to protect that investment in as many ways as possible.

One of the ways to protect your Segway is by purchasing Segway insurance. Whether it’s a personal device for yourself or one you’re renting out to others, insurance is a wise move to make as it offers protection for damage to the Segway, but also helps to cover the costs of medical treatments if someone is injured while riding the Segway or by someone driving your Segway.

The other way to protect your investment in a Segway is to invest in GPS tracking for Segways. What does GPS tracking accomplish? It allows you to track the whereabouts or your Segway or an entire fleet of Segways remotely via computer or mobile phone so that you know where your Segways are at all times.

You can track tour groups as they make their rounds, locate lost Segways and riders, and even determine the location of a Segway and the corresponding employee on your business grounds if you operate on a large campus.

If your Segway is stolen, you can quickly identify the location of your Segway to report the theft and location, in real time, to the proper authorities. You can even set up alerts that will notify you if your Segway is operational during prescribed downtimes or if it leaves a certain geographical boundary.

When it comes to protecting your Segway, the combination of Segway insurance and GPS tracking for Segways is a powerful tool in helping you do just that. What are you waiting for?