Vehicles are considered part of company’s assets (and expensive ones at that). Protecting them by taking preventative maintenance measures is a way to ensure they will stay in good shape. Today’s GPS fleet tracking and management capabilities allow for that kind of protection. Thanks to telematics, getting up to the minute diagnostics will alert a fleet manager if there is a problem with any vehicle instantly so that the necessary steps can be taken to get the vehicle back to a normal status before serious problems occur.
Keeping tabs on vehicle conditions is an excellent way to increase their longevity ensuring vehicles can go for many miles before needing to be repaired or, worse yet, replaced.
For example, certain GPS fleet management software can monitor if a driver is hard braking and hard accelerating a vehicle, causing unnecessary wear and tear. This driver is inadvertently costing the company money so this would be vital information for a fleet manager or service manager to have. With this information a fleet manager can instruct a driver on specific driving instructions and correct issues the driver might have on the road.
Driver safety is increased as well. Fleet and service managers can get alerts if their drivers are exceeding any speed limits as GPS fleet tracking and management systems are able to receive information on posted speed limits.