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Read moreSpring is here, and summertime is just around the corner—and that means more vacations, more holidays, more road trips, and more people sharing the road with your commercial fleet. While summer may seem like the safest time to be on the road—at least weather-wise—the time period from Memorial Day to Labor Day is actually considered the "100 Deadliest Days on the Road"1 due to increased daily traffic.
To help keep everyone safe on the road this summer and beyond, including your fleet drivers, here are some safety tips you and your organization can follow.
Leverage technology to boost safe driving
Creating and maintaining a culture of safety is key to promoting safe driving in all seasons. Fleet drivers who engage in aggressive and unsafe driving behaviors like speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, being distracted, running red lights, weaving in and out of traffic, slamming on brakes or harshly accelerating, put themselves, your vehicles and others on the road at risk.
Fact check: Speeding accounts for 26% of all traffic fatalities in the United States in 2018, and 48% of speeding drivers in crashes that resulted in fatalities were not wearing seatbelts. (NHTSA)
Investing in fleet management technology can help you determine where safety issues exist and where accident prevention measures and other safety standards can be improved, including:
In addition, the data derived from fleet tracking technology can be used to coach drivers to improve their driving habits. The data can even be used to create a safe driving program to incentivize drivers to adhere to company-wide safety standards.
Fact check: 22% of fleets using fleet tracking technology were able to achieve a decrease in accidents.2
The better the condition of your fleet vehicles, the better chance your drivers stand of safely making it to their destination in the face of extremely hot temperatures and increased summer traffic. Implementing fleet management technology can help you keep tabs on vehicle health to better avoid unexpected breakdowns and vehicle malfunctions. Benefits include:
Fact check: 41% of fleets using GPS tracking technology realized improved vehicle maintenance.2
Part of keeping fleet vehicles safe is minimizing the time they’re on the road and making the most of travel time. This is also integral to ensuring that customer goods make it to their final destination on time and unharmed.
Don't let your trucks sit idle and waste fuel in the hot summer months. Fleet management technology can help you get a handle on fuel usage, and streamline routing for efficient operations on the road. You can realize:
Fact check: Fleets using a fleet tracking solution saw an average decrease in fuel costs of 10%, and 37% of fleets saw a decrease in fuel consumption. 50% of fleets achieved improved routing.2
With sunnier skies and longer days on the horizon, fleet drivers have the chance to maximize their productivity—but that can’t come at the expense of driving safety.
From staying on top of tire pressure and vehicle fluid levels to avoiding distractions like cell phones, there are a number of ways your drivers can help stay safe during each busy summer trip. Fleet management technology can offer an array of features to help drivers have a safe journey every time.
1https://www.automotive-fleet.com/332592/8-summer-driving-tips
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