How GPS fleet tracking keeps your drivers safe
Consider this scenario: One of your drivers has a medical emergency and they are unable to call for help.
A customer calls to report they didn’t receive a delivery. You phone your driver to find out where he is, but he’s not answering. You remember you have a GPS tracking device installed on his truck and go online and see he has been stopped on the side of the road for 1 1/2 hours. You phone another driver who is a few minutes away to check on the driver.
The driver could have broken down and is having trouble with his cell phone or, worse, it could be a medical emergency. No matter the scenario, GPS tracking can help keep your drivers safe.
There are other less obvious, but still important reasons to use GPS fleet tracking for your drivers’ safety.
Speed kills
You’ve heard the saying, and it’s true. Collisions between automobiles going at faster rates of speed lead to more injuries and deaths. GPS fleet tracking units like Vehiclepath can monitor speed every one, two or five minutes.
Avoid unnecessary litigation
“Your driver was speeding!”
“Your driver caused this accident!”
No they weren’t. No they didn’t. “My driver was at this exact location at this exact time,” you can calmly reply as you refer to your extremely accurate and reliable GPS tracking information.
Locate broken down vehicles or drivers off route
Driver A is stuck in the mud off Highway 1 and driver B is at home taking a two hour lunch break. GPS fleet tracking gives you the ability to see drivers A and B on one map so you can contact them and get your business back on track. Without GPS units, you have no way of knowing Driver A is stuck and that Driver B is off route and may be involved in an accident they shouldn’t have been near in the first place.
How valuable is the added safety and peace of mind GPS fleet tracking units provide? Can your business deal with the situations above without a GPS fleet tracking service?
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