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When talking about GPS tracking in buses, it's common to focus on how tracking can improve day-to-day operations.
You can track the buses in-route, knowing where they are minute by minute, and collect a lot of data on their behavior.
However, tracking systems bring substantial other benefits: reducing crash risks and saving money! In the right circumstances, GPS systems can truly pay for themselves over time.
GPS Tracking Reduces Crash Risks
One of the best features of bus tracking is that it allows you to oversee the behavior of your drivers on the road. For example, you can see the average speed of drivers on the road, or see if they're following rules of the road such as fully stopping for all train tracks.
This means, if you spot undesirable driver behavior, you've got an opportunity to coach them on better driving. Drivers with a tendency to speed, or do 'rolling stops' rather than full stops, can be caught before their lazy habits have an opportunity to create problems.
Saving More Money With Bus Tracking
In addition, the data collected through GPS systems can also help you spot minor maintenance issues before they turn into major problems.
For example, you'll be tracking both the distance driven and the fuel consumption of all your buses. Then their fuel economy can be derived from that. So what if a bus suddenly sees a sharp hike in its fuel use? If the problem isn't driver error, then that points directly at a maintenance problem that needs to be found and corrected.
While less common, there's also the potential of bus theft. If your bus has a GPS tracker, a stolen bus will be much easier to recover quickly.
Cheaper Insurance?
This all leads to the biggest "hidden" benefit of GPS trackers: potentially lowering your insurance rates! Insurance companies all have different policies, but generally speaking, anything you do which reduces the chances of crashes or theft can usually be leveraged to improve your insurance costs.
When premiums are commonly in the thousands of dollars per bus, this is a great opportunity to substantially reduce your ongoing costs.
GPS tracking truly is one of the best upgrades you can put on your buses, and BusBoss can help make it happen. From choosing hardware to integrating it into your existing bus management and SIS systems, BusBoss are your experts on bus fleet modernization.
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