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18 Vehicle Tracking Terms You Need to Know

In your search for the right telematics system, it’s likely that you’ve come across certain words and terminology that were unfamiliar in the context of vehicle tracking. For example, we all know that a ‘trip’ means a journey, but what exactly defines a ‘trip’ on a vehicle tracking report? In this telematics glossary, we explain 18 terms that you might find useful when reading about vehicle tracking systems.

Could vehicle tracking dashboards make your fleet more productive?

Just like the console on a lorry or van gives you vital information while you drive, operational dashboards provide a simple, live summary of the data that your vehicle tracking system collects.

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4 Unexpected Ways Your Business Can Benefit from Geofencing

Geofencing helps you control whether your vehicles are in or out of certain areas at defined times. But there are lesser-known benefits for your business.

How your vehicle tracking system can help enforce your company speeding policy

It’s a company's responsibility to reduce the risk of accidents for its fleet. Here's how your vehicle tracking system helps to enforce your company speeding policy.

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How does vehicle tracking calculate and use driver scores?

Quartix provides an easy-to-understand, colour-coded score for each vehicle or driver in a fleet, so that fleet managers can instantly recognise which drivers need to improve their skills. This score is calculated by looking at two important areas of driver performance.

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Engine hour monitoring: Why your vehicle tracking system should have it

Engine hours tell you how long a vehicle or piece of equipment has been running during a particular time, giving an accurate indication of vehicle use. This informs your maintenance schedules and health & safety compliance.

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Keeping your drivers safe in the Covid-19 pandemic

Drivers must take extra care to protect themselves and stay healthy while they are supporting the community. Here are a few essential, preventative measures for you and your drivers to keep in mind if you are still out delivering essentials during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Four key benefits vehicle tracking offers to drivers

A lot has been written about the benefits of telematics for businesses and company owners, but vehicle tracking also offers valuable support to the people who drive a company’s trucks, vans or any other vehicles. Far from being a surveillance system implemented to punish employees, here are four ways that vehicle tracking can help drivers […]

Four easy steps to help maximise your telematics system experience

In this article, we concentrate on the implications of vehicle monitoring with respect to the Data Protection Act and Article 8 of the Human Rights Act. A guide to this is published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, or ICO. Their guide specifically covers “Monitoring at work,” including vehicle tracking.

Defining vehicle tracking and telematics

You may have found yourself wondering what the difference is between telematics and vehicle tracking. Both terms seem like they should be interchangeable… but are they? This blog post will demystify the two terms and outline the many benefits that using these technologies can bring to your organisation.

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