Enhancing safety and security with technology
Today’s fleet manager is constantly balancing increasing compliance, escalating costs and the need to ensure a safe working environment for drivers. You need continuous visibility into vehicle maintenance schedules, driver behaviour and the impact of other road users on your team to name a few. In the current competitive business environment, investing in technology is critical to keeping up with competitors and collaborators around the world.
Protecting your reputation
If you have a large fleet of company vehicles, you know the cost that this investment represents. Protecting your employees and your organisation’s reputation should be front of mind. Having proof of your employee’s impeccable driving record, as well as having video evidence of it, gives you confidence that your employees are safe on the road. Should one of your vehicles be involved in an incident on the road, technology such as smart dashcams can corroborate your employee’s version of events, protecting you against fraudulent insurance claims by other drivers.
The level of security and accountability when on the road is hard to beat. Drivers feel protected and supported by management and backed up by technology. This also goes a long way to creating a positive reputation for your business. Other businesses will want to work with you and top talent will want to work for you. Knowing that they will be believed and supported when an incident occurs and recognised for good driving helps attract and retain great drivers.
Facilitating learning and improvement
While individualised scorecards and driver-facing cameras can make it easier to identify and punish problem drivers, the real benefit is in facilitating learning and improvement. Managers can give help to those who need it and can measure a driver’s improvement using a variety of quantitative measures. This is the most effective way of ensuring safe and efficient drivers as it provides employees with the tools to analyse their own driving. They can become aware of ingrained bad-habits and then make concerted efforts to remove or minimise them.
Safety and security
Many employees, once they have experience driving with smart dashcams, will only drive vehicles that have smart dashcams. Because data and footage is stored in the cloud in real time, both manager and employee are notified in real time of exceeding speed limits or of breaking other road rules, providing a way for the driver to adjust their behaviour immediately. Keeping up with the requirements of health and safety legislation demands greater technological uptake by employers. Smart dashcams align with industry best-practice and help to keep your business at the forefront of driver safety.
Smart dashcams help to build a comprehensive picture of a driver. Working with built-in sensors and AI technology, fleet managers can generate reports on each individual driver. These reports include an individualised, built-in score card. This means managers can identify areas of improvement for drivers as well as areas of success. This feature is also useful for the drivers themselves as it allows them to learn from their mistakes and to be aware of any bad habits.
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