How Telematics Solutions encourage safer driving
Telematics solutions offer the ability to measure your driving efficiency by collecting data on how you drive. This often involves fitting a small device to a vehicle that can track the driver’s behaviour behind the wheel.
The data collected by the device is used to determine how safely and efficiently the driver is driving. Telematics are useful for motorists who are looking to track and improve their driving performance, as well as business fleets who are looking to optimise the efficiency of their operations.
In this article, we will explore how telematics can improve and encourage driver safety, and why it is becoming an increasingly popular choice for UK drivers.
Better Driver Habits
One of the most significant benefits of using telematics solutions is that it encourages better driving habits. By constantly monitoring your driving behaviour, the device can provide feedback on areas that you could improve, such as reducing speed, braking more gently and avoiding harsh acceleration. This feedback can be helpful for eliminating bad driving habits, reducing the likelihood of accidents, as well as ensuring that you are driving safely and efficiently.
Lower Insurance Premiums
In addition to improving your driving habits, telematics solutions can also help to save you money on your car insurance. Many insurance companies in the UK now offer telematics policies, which take into account your driving behaviour when calculating your premium. If the data shows that you are a safe driver, you may be eligible for a lower premium. This can be particularly beneficial for younger drivers who are typically considered high-risk and face higher insurance premiums.
Peace of Mind
Telematics solutions can offer peace of mind for both drivers and their fleet managers. By tracking your vehicles location, it can help you to recover your car if it is stolen. In the event of an accident, the data is collected by the device and can help to provide evidence to discover who was at fault. This can be especially useful in cases where there are conflicting accounts of what happened.
Improved Fuel Efficiency
Telematics can also to help you improve your fuel efficiency, which can save you money on petrol or diesel. By monitoring your speed and acceleration, the telematics device can provide feedback on areas for you to improve while driving to increase your fuel efficiency. This can be useful for drivers who do a lot of mileage and want to keep their running costs as low as possible. This can also be hugely beneficial to fleet managers, as fuel tends to be the biggest expense when operating a fleet of vehicles, with some sources estimating fuel accounting for 60% of a fleet’s operational expenditure.
In conclusion, telematics solutions are an effective way to encourage safer driving and reduce the risk of accidents on the roads. It can be hugely beneficial for fleets to adopt this technology to ensure that all of their drivers are driving safely and efficiently.
How can Cambrian Fuelcard Services help?
Telematics solutions are a powerful tool for businesses with a fleet of vehicles. These solutions allow fleet managers to monitor their vehicles’ location, speed and other vital information in real-time, helping them to make informed decisions about their fleet operations.
Our telematics devices link to live traffic data and is integrated with Google Maps, which will assess your fleet journey in real-time to set them on the most optimal route. By reducing your fleets journey times through optimising their routes, this will in turn cut down on fuel consumption. Our Kinesis solutions can also offer the potential to link your fuel card account to your telematics account. This gives fleet managers the assurance that the data from both accounts match and that there is no unauthorised usage.
Data analytics from telematics solutions can help to provide valuable data to fleet managers, allowing them to make data-driven decisions about their operations.
Telematics offer significant benefits for fleets of all sizes. Our telematics software is accessible through an online portal. If you’re a fleet manager looking to improve your operations and gain a competitive edge, investing in telematics solutions is a smart choice.
Useful Statistics
The investment in telematics devices doesn’t take long to pay for itself. The benefits to your company are positive and far reaching. These include:
• 80% Reduction in overtime claims
• 39% Reduction in accidents
• 35% Reduction in speeding
• 25% Reduction in insurance costs
• 10% Reduction in fuel costs
Useful Links
For more information on how we can help your fleet reach its full potential call us on 0800 6126132 or go to www.cambriancards.com/telematics/
To find out more about our range of Trakm8 devices click here – https://www.cambriancards.com/trakm8-telematics/
To find out more about our range of Radius Telematics devices click here – https://www.cambriancards.com/radius-telematics-home/
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