Managing the growing pressure of final mile deliveries

Final mile is the bugbear of logistics, with high-risk urban environments and challenges galore. 2020-2021 put huge pressure on the sector, with substantial increases in e-commerce spending – but final mile operators face different challenges moving forwards. The need to control costs and prevent vehicle downtime and damage is greater than ever. The commercial pressures […]

Posted by Shannon McNamara
On November 22, 2022

What can fleets do to mitigate the driver shortage?

The logistics industry has experienced a critical driver shortage, and while some recent reports suggest figures are stabilising, the industry still has a chronic problem with recruitment and retention. A recent bulletin from the Driver Require Think Tank has noted that while the number of tests and therefore entrants to the industry has increased, drivers […]

Posted by Shannon McNamara
On August 31, 2022

How fleets can defeat insurance premium inflation

Fleet insurance costs are rising because the cost of vehicle repairs is affected by the lack of new vehicles, semiconductor shortages and the current complexity of vehicle designs. Never before has the market seen such a range of drivelines, models and high-tech innovation, all of which make the repair and replacement market more complex and […]

Posted by Shannon McNamara
On August 31, 2022

How to sell safety to your drivers

Fleets often anticipate driver resistance to safety interventions – particularly inward-facing cameras. Here we look at the best ways to get driver buy-in. No one likes the idea of being watched, even though UK streets have more CCTV than anywhere in the world. Every shop, ATM, petrol station and bank has cameras to which most […]

Posted by Shannon McNamara
On August 17, 2022

Check your fleet insurance for private land cover

A potentially huge gap in fleet insurance has arisen recently, with insurers now able to exclude incidents which occur on private land from their policies. Given that depots, distribution centres and client premises could all count as private property, on-site vehicle incidents could leave fleets very exposed. 25 people a year die after being struck […]

Posted by Shannon McNamara
On August 10, 2022

Why automatic braking systems don’t prevent collisions

Advanced braking systems feature on more than 370,000 commercial vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, out of a total vehicle parc of 485,000. National Highways recently questioned why these systems hadn’t reduced the number of rear-end collisions as expected – and what it found is essential information for fleet operators. How does AEBS work? Autonomous emergency braking […]

Posted by Shannon McNamara
On May 8, 2022

Have your drivers learned the new Highway Code?

In January the Highway Code shifted significantly towards prioritising vulnerable road users, making the biggest vehicles on the road the most responsible for keeping everyone safe. But what does it mean for fleet drivers in practice – and how can you know that they have really taken the new rules to heart? The guiding principle […]

Posted by Shannon McNamara
On April 28, 2022

How to get the best from fleet safety camera systems

Most fleets understand the great contribution that cameras can make to fleet safety. However, most fleets still think about video footage in far too limited a way to reap optimum benefit. Let’s explore the different types of camera-based safety systems available on the market. Dashcams The most common – and by far the cheapest – […]

Posted by Eduardo Valencia
On June 1, 2021

The fleet dangers of going it alone

The term alone has many connotations for a mid-COVID world – we should shop alone, many people feel alone and, of course, an increasing number of drivers work alone. Lone working has always been a cause for concern in the logistics industry and service van fleets but now it’s exacerbated by the need for social […]

Posted by Eduardo Valencia
On May 4, 2021

The SmartDrive Guide to Next Level Fleet Safety Part 2

When it comes to fleet safety, technology alone isn’t enough. You need the intelligence behind it. The fleet industry has plenty of increasingly sophisticated technology to capture data about on-road incidents – including converged solutions, such as cameras and telematics combined in a single platform. Yet the truth remains that the best fleets are only […]

Posted by Eduardo Valencia
On March 22, 2021

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