3 Essential Components of a Great Fleet Safety Program The FMCSA reckons that there are more than 5,000 fatalities and over 100,000 injuries due to truck accidents each year. In addition to the human toll, the average large truck crash costs $91,000 per accident, with fatalities costing around $3.6 million. As a result, fleets must invest in […]
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Say hello to the Geotab Support Center — your go-to resource for all public-facing documentation and self-service tools for customers and partners. What is the Geotab Support Center? The Geotab Support Center is your new go-to resource to find self-service capabilities and tools. The site consolidates all public-facing support documentation for customers and partners in one location. […]
Learn about the consolidation of vehicles, trailers and other assets in the 8.0 release. Geotab is excited to introduce a new navigation menu update in MyGeotab, consolidating vehicles, trailers and other types of assets. The change provides a truly asset-centric platform experience — an IoT hub that companies can use to track and report on any kind […]
Managing fuel costs is critical. Read this post to understand how gas prices are set and fluctuate, as well as how to manage this expense. 1: Look at more than MPG. Not every gallon of fuel is used the same. Use a fuel tracking and analytics system such as Geotab and its various fuel integrations […]
Learn about geofencing and how to use it to your fleet’s advantage with zones and rules in MyGeotab. Geofencing for vehicles is the act of creating and defining virtual boundaries that trigger a specific action when a vehicle equipped with a GPS fleet tracking device, like the Geotab GO device, is within, entering or exiting that […]
Learn more about Geotab’s data backup, retention and security policies. In the digital age, people store a significant amount of important and valuable information on their computers, mobile phones, tablets and other electronic devices. Whether it’s financial documents, family photos or other miscellaneous files, every file you keep likely has some importance to you, and […]
Vehicle odometer is one of the most critical pieces of information for fleet managers. Read about potential issues and how Geotab maintains accuracy. Your Geotab GO device understands a lot about your vehicle’s health and the behavior and habits of everyone that drives it. When connected to your OBD II port, the Geotab GO device […]
The City of Austin, Texas’ fleet operations services an inter-city region of 4,200 square miles and needed an enterprise solution to cut costs, improve efficiency and increase its safety profile. It found a solution in Geotab, which was successfully put to the test in February 2021 during Winter Storm Uri. The once-in-a-century storm caused massive […]
Use fleet utilization reports to see if vehicles are being utilized efficiently or inefficiently. Tracking the use of vehicles has always been an important part of fleet management. In this new, fast-changing environment, fleet asset utilization is even more vital. Understanding how vehicles are being used and where there is imbalance, can help inform your […]
Wages for truck drivers rose at a double-digit pace last year as companies laid out hefty salaries, bonuses and benefits packages to recruit workers in a market marked by tight labor conditions and high freight demand. The American Trucking Associations said in its annual salary survey that average wages for drivers of big rigs, from […]