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By Greg Bartlett

Today as I drove home I stopped at a traffic light behind one of those trucks which has the note asking, “How’s My Driving?” To be honest, I have never called in and answered that question, and neither has anyone else I know. Managers are, naturally, concerned with how their employees are driving. They have safety concerns and practical concerns. Are the drivers being reckless? Are they speeding? Are they taking inefficient routes? Are they wasting company resources?

Managers need to and can find out how their drivers are doing. Maybe not from all the other drivers, like me, who don’t call in answer to the “how’s my driving” question, but through GPS trackers. Now companies can find out the speed of their drivers, note when they stop and start, see any circuitous routes taken, and discover any idle time spent on the clock. Managers can find out for themselves how their drivers really are driving.

One company noticed 20% fuel savings when they began using GPS trackers to monitor their drivers. By monitoring speed, location, routes, idle time, and engine performance through GPS tracking, that company saved $8,000 in two weeks and cut their monthly costs by $950. Yearly savings will probably exceed $200,000. Another company saved $73,000 during its first year of using GPS monitoring.

Drivers may not always appreciate having managers know about every donut stop they take, but they will probably welcome the increased efficiency of having better maps and more direct routes available. With GPS trackers, managers can find the fastest and best ways for drivers to travel, saving time, resources, and frustration for both the driver and the company.

By using GPS trackers to monitor routes, managers can optimize fuel consumption, increase efficiency, and save company time and money. Furthermore, the company can find out for itself just how safely its employees are driving. Speeding drivers can be warned to slow down and those who drive recklessly can be alerted to be more careful. The company can ensure that its drivers are not endangering other drivers and will be saving money by having safer drivers.

So you, as a manager, can answer the “how’s my driving” question for each of your drivers without following them around, riding with them, or waiting for other people like me to inform the company about driver activity. Just use GPS trackers to monitor your drivers, increase safety, boost productivity and efficiency, and save company resources.