No one wants to hire a trucking company that has bad safety records because it means that the freight might not be safely transported to the final destination.
Benefits of GPS tracking when it comes to hours of service are major. When we have information we can interfere and stop the dangerous driving performance.
Source: www.fmcsa.dot.gov
Trucking industry is under a lot of regulations that need to be respected such as:
- The Department of Labor (DOL)
- The Department of Transportation (DOT)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA
- State traffic lows
- Better Business Bureau (BBB)
- Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)
Reduces Fuel Cost
What is the biggest expense of one trucking company? Well, we all know that fuel is the biggest expense. The trucking industry consumes 13% of the total fuel that is purchased in USA, which is $130bln annually.
Since the fuel is the biggest expense, the trucking companies are searching for a solution to reduce the fuel cost by integrating fuel cards which will produce data that can be analyzed by the truck driver and his truck.
Source: www.fuelandfriction.com
Benefits of GPS tracking we can actually see when we integrate the data of the fuel cards with the real time fleet tracking system data.
