GPS tracking for company cars is about so much more than just making sure your employees are actually working for your business when they are out of the office. It offers many more benefits that can be vital for the safety of your people and to protect the good name of your entire organization. These are just a few reasons your company needs to use GPS tracking in company cars.

Ensure Safer Driving

GPS fleet tracking allows you to not only monitor the location of your company cars, but also to monitor driving speeds, swerving, aggressive driving, idling, hard braking, and other activities that indicate unsafe driver behaviors. It’s not always easy to see what your drivers are doing when they are out of sight, but GPS tracking allows you to know how your drivers are driving so you can address problem driving quickly.

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Vehicle theft isn’t as much of an issue as it was in the early 1990s. In fact, because of increased law enforcement, increased vigilance and technological advances, there are fewer than half of car thefts today. Even so, when owning a car, you still need to take precautionary measures to ensure the safety of your vehicle, particularly in certain cities.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau has launched its yearly “Hot Spot’s report where it ranks hundreds of U.S. metro locations based on their auto theft rates. According to the NICB, for every 100,000 of communities’ residents, there were up to 780 vehicle thefts last year.

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Summer is upon us and for fleet owners you know, all too well, that means more cars on the road, and more traffic for your fleet. There are some things you can do, though, that will help you get the best possible mileage for your fleet all summer long, including the following 15 things. Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers in the College of Public Health from the University of Iowa conducted a new study that found young drivers are motivated to be safer when their parents talk with them about safe driving and combine it with the use of video monitoring technology.

The study found in-vehicle video systems paired with parent communication more effectively improved high school driver safety. According to the study, when parents received training on ways to communicate better with their teens about safe driving, it reduced the possibility of unsafe driving incidents in the future by almost 80 percent.

Around 3,000 teens between 15 and 18 years old in the United States die each year in vehicle accidents, according to the College of Public Health’s professor of occupational and environmental health and study co-author, Corrine Peek-Asa. This makes vehicle crashes the leading cause of teen death in that age group.

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Fleets everywhere are looking for ways to attract, keep, and reward stellar drivers. You understand, all too well, the challenges of keeping good drivers in an industry devastated by driver shortages. One way to do this is to create amazing rewards programs for your drivers. Before you dive in and get started, though, keep these four tips in mind for greater overall success.

1. Create Very Specific, Measurable Rules and Points Systems

Clarity is important for endeavors such as this. That is especially the case when it comes to offering financial rewards or compensation for specific milestones and achievements. Be specific when establishing rules, determining how points are awarded, and designating the rewards for accomplishments. It can be a set number of “safe” driving miles (in which you designate what safe means to your organization), reducing idling time by a certain percentage, or even something as simple as number of miles driven without speeding.

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