GreenRoad Technologies is offering an app that helps improve driver behavior and fleet management monitoring for use on a smartphone.
(Courtesy: GreenRoad Technologies)
The app uses technology within the smartphone including GPS and built-in accelerometers that eliminate the need for a professionally installed telematics device in the vehicle.
The technology features patented algorithms to detect how well the driver is driving. Whenever a risky or fuel-inefficient maneuver occurs the app gives the driver an immediate audio and visual feedback from his smartphone.
Features of the app include:
· Integration with other smartphone-based fleet applications such as inventor management, navigation and fleet management.
· The use of algorithms to automatically detect the beginning and end of a trip.
· The ability to measure risky or inefficient driving events across five parameters including acceleration, braking, cornering, speeding and lane handling.
· Real-time feedback to the driver.
· Dashboard customization for different positions or types of fleets.
· The ability to create driver rankings, so that each driver can see where they stand in relation to other drivers in the fleet.
· A safety score calculated based on the number of driving events for every 10 hours.
· The ability to distinguish vehicle type when analyzing events.
· Offers tips to drivers while the app is in use.
The app also permits a fleet manager to monitor and analyze driver behavior. Algorithm analyzes and corrects more than 150 maneuvers and events across five categories:
· Acceleration
· Braking
· Lane Handling
· Cornering
· Speeding
The app has various features that allow a fleet manager to monitor drivers. For example, an in-vehicle video system captures footage of events that trigger safety warnings to give a visual of the cause of a risky driving event. This permits fleet managers to identify the causes of safety issues quickly.
The video feature is ideal for assisting drivers and fleet managers to identify recurring safety issues. The feature:
· Helps drivers and fleet managers uncover the causes of unsafe driving events.
· Allows the fleet manager to see the critical seconds directly before, during and after an event.
· Helps connect actual external road factors with driving behavior to understand what is driver-correctable.
· Help identify and help train drivers on skills that make the greatest impact.
· Has always-on recording that permits managers to retrieve any portion of a driver’s trip.
The app also captures data that assists in better managing a fleet. For example, captured data can help pinpoint hazardous locations of a route that can lead to risky driving. A feature called Hotspot lets managers and drivers identify specific geographic regions where the fleet frequently encounters risky driving maneuvers so that drivers can be warned or the area can be avoided.
The monitoring ability of the app not only assists in safer driving habits. It can also help in making the fleet more cost effective. For example, a fleet manager can obtain fuel consumption data and specific trip data on time delays or customer complaints.
The app can also generate reports on such issues as:
· Fleet Safety
· Fleet Fuel and Fleet Idling
· Fleet Operations
· Fleet Tracking
In short, the app can assist in managing fleet drivers, vehicles, and help set policies easily.
The app can be easily downloaded into a smartphone. Once equipped with the app, the smartphone can be placed in a vehicle mount in easy visual and personal access to the driver.