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Technology to focus on driver health and safety
Published on 22 March 2010
With companies now embracing the reality that a happy and healthy workforce is one of its greatest assets technology has now also embraced this concept.
Health and safety of a workforce is the main reason many companies are investing in new techonology in their fleets. According to a poll which was recently commissioned worker wellbeing was right up there with fuel usage and vehicle location
Traditionally tracking and telematics technology has been thought of as the key to help drive a cost-effective and efficient business. However, research has shown that fleet drivers are up to to two times more likely to be involved in a road accident than the average motorist. These results have seen fleet owners rethink and refocus their attention on health and safety of their workforce and to choose a system that will provide the optimum required results.
“Companies rightly spend time and effort in ensuring health and safety in the office. The same standards can apply to workers out in the field,” says Andrew Yeoman, MD of Trimble MRM in Europe.
“Additional legislation such as the lone worker directive and Corporate Manslaughter Act has compelled fleet managers into taking further responsibility for their staff out on the roads.”
Trimble can provide transport managers with a number of solutions that can tell if a driver is breaking the speed limit or in a manner that could lead to an accident.
“We have recently seen a shift in the reasons why businesses implement fleet management and telematics technology,” says Yeoman. “The benefits of using telematics data for driver safety have become very clear.
“Now with many organisations running 24 hour fleets, often meaning there are lone workers operating at night, the tracking and telematics technology can provide peace of mind as well as the usual benefits from such solutions.”
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