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In terms of fleet compliance, the spotlight has been on drivers’ hours for quite some time. The monitoring of drivers’ hours is legally enforced for a very good reason – safety. It protects the wellbeing of drivers by ensuring that they take regular breaks while driving for work to reduce fatigue. Fatigue is a big cause of collisions and by reducing tired driving, you are helping to reduce both fatal and non-fatal crashes. This is especially key when it comes to fleet drivers that drive long distances for hours at a time, or those who drive large vehicles like trucks that can cause a lot of damage, should a driver fall asleep at the wheel.

Fleet tracking software electronically keeps track of drivers’ hours and can automatically let operators, supervisors and drivers alike know when the limit has been exceeded. This ensures that rest breaks are taken exactly when needed and electronic driver logs are available for compliance review.

What’s more is that tools like driver identification and mode switching between personal and business mode, further help to meet fleet compliance requirements. Driver identification ensures that the correct information is linked to the correct driver. Mode switching allows drivers to have more control over their privacy and prevents travel to and from home to sites or for lunch breaks being included in their working hours.

Most driving hours regulations, such as the FMCSA's, require a type of ELD (electronic logging device) or tachograph to log drivers’ hours, dependent on what country or region a fleet operates in. MiX Telematics have ELDs and other tools that suit your specific compliance requirements. Your fleet can collect all the relevant information electronically, with little to no input from operators or supervisors once the software and hardware is installed, and officials are able to easily download electronic logs during roadside inspections.

After-the-fact intervention is not ideal. MiX Telematics’ compliance software offers immediate alerts as soon as a defined compliance parameter has been violated by a driver. This ensures that fleet operators and fleet supervisors can immediately intervene to avoid potential crashes and fines.

MiX Telematics has decades of experience in the field of compliance and knows the pitfalls of installing compliance-related hardware in vehicles. We ensure that our devices are tamperproof so that driving hours always remain correct, to prevent fatigue, and to reduce the risk of potential time theft.