There’s also more under the surface that can help fleets improve safety and efficiency. Dwayne Lazarre, director of strategic accounts for Trimble MAPS, said providing drivers with as much information as possible to help them avoid problematic situations can go a long way toward improving safety.
Systems like Trimble’s CoPilot Truck navigation app allow fleets to customize drivers’ routes to give them the most accurate directions to a specific location, while also providing drivers with traffic slowdown alerts and more while en route to help them stay safe.
“As a driver, you can’t always control if you can be in the right place at the right time or not, but sometimes accidents happen,” Lazarre said. “And if there’s an accident happening…ahead of you, it would be a good idea for you to have an idea that, ‘hey, all of a sudden traffic is going to decrease from 65-70 miles per hour, and it’s going to come down to a screeching halt, so let’s give you a warning. Let’s give you some additional indication.’”
Fleets and drivers can also specify what kind of vehicle they’re using, including height, width and weight, to make sure the driver is on a legal route, Lazarre added.
“Once you mix those two things together, and then you can enhance it with things like speed alerts, so if your driver is over-speeding, let’s make sure the driver is aware,” he said. “Let’s give you some additional indicators in-cab that can help with that.”
Hear more about improving driver safety and efficiency with routing tools on this week's 10-44 webisode in the video above.
