Monitor Safety Metrics, Improve Driver Behavior With FleetWatcher

FleetWatcher telematics platform monitors four key "safe driver" metrics, allowing companies to track and amend driver behavior.

• Vehicle speed relative to posted speed limits
• Fast starts
• Hard braking
• Hard turns

This GPS-based platform captures vehicle data from either the FleetWatcher app or from an in-vehicle device. The metrics are reported continuously and can be used to assign a numeric or letter grade to drivers, who can then be commended or counseled for their performance.

Whether required by insurance carriers or as company policy, FleetWatcher customers using this feature have reported significantly improved driver grades when this is added to their safe driver programming.

How Fast Is Too Fast?

Speed, which is continuously monitored, can be categorized by vehicle type. For example, a pickup truck driving up to 10 mph over the posted speed limit may be deemed OK (shown in green), while 11 to 15 mph over is unsatisfactory (shown in yellow), with anything over 15 mph over the speed limit flagged as excessive (shown in red).

A tri-axle dump trailer, on the other hand, may be deemed safe while traveling up to 5 mph over the speed limit, with anything over that flagged as excessive. Speed ranges and grades are assigned by user administrators and can be varied by vehicle type.

Making the Grade

Each of the other safety metrics — fast starts, hard braking, and hard turns — is assigned a numeric or letter grade. Administrators can select how important the various safe driver aspects are and determine how to aggregate them into an overall score. The score can then be used in driver counseling.

FleetWatcher users who have engaged in driver safety monitoring programs report significant improvements in driver behaviors, with fewer fast starts and stops, less hard braking, and more adherence to posted speed limits.

See It, Solve It

FleetWatcher develops construction-specific wireless telematic products that provide complete visibility to all components used within the process, so you can identify problem behavior and find ways to improve it. Modules for e-ticketing and off-road construction are also available. Schedule a free demo today.