Vehicle Tracking - Triple Fuel Saver Guide

With the UK recording the seventh highest unleaded price in Europe and the second highest diesel price, plus latest UK petrol prices costing 12p a litre more than this time last year, SME business owners and larger fleet managers, alike, are acutely concerned of the impact that fuel costs are having on their bottom line.

According to the AA Motoring organisation, since May, the petrol price gap between the North and South of England has widened from 0.9p a litre to 1.7ppl whilst London notched up the highest price for unleaded at 117.5ppl and Northern Ireland recorded the highest diesel price at 120.0ppl.

As the UK enters five years of unrelenting coalition government budgetary cuts across the public sector, with the fallout spreading right through the private sector, many businesses running fleet operations will be looking to cut even more costs and maybe unwilling to prioritise an investment expenditure.

However, that’s precisely where the answer lies! The implementation of a vehicle tracking solution from a number of customisable and versatile telematic technologies to fit any size fleet serving any industry, can realise a remarkable 30 per cent saving on a fleet fuel bill.

The installation of mobile workforce tracking is proven as an effective means to significantly improve driver behaviour and habits.

Driver Performance: Inevitably the number one consideration, driver behaviour is always seen as directly affecting the profitability of a business. Lateness leading to speeding to make up time, could use up to 35 per cent more fuel than driving at the speed limit. Unnecessary engine idling and stress induced behaviour such as forced acceleration, harsh breaking and over revving are also known causes for frequent maintenance and increased fuel costs.

The ability for a fleet owner to immediately be in possession of realtime tracking data can be client critical and gps vehicle tracking is indispensable for faster decision making.

Operating Efficiency: Using the right person for the right job, ensuring geographic areas are fully controlled and fleet is always productive saves fuel, reduces payroll costs and increases the number of jobs completed.

Pump Price Reduction: Absolutely essential, fuel cards allow fleets to fix their prices across the whole of the country, obtain significant discounts of up to 5 per cent on forecourt pump prices, and thus, avoid being caught by big price differences between forecourt prices.