You've Got Your ELD – Now What?

By Oswaldo Flores, Teletrac Navman

After much anticipation, the Dec. 18 ELD mandate deadline has come and gone. While compliance may have been your main motivator behind purchasing an ELD system, ELDs offer many additional benefits. Below are some of the ways ELDs can help your fleet maximize safety, profits and productivity.

Improved safety

According to the FMCSA, ELDs’ safety features combined will prevent 26 deaths and over 560 injuries per year, in addition to saving $572.2 million in accident-related costs. ELD features like GPS tracking and efficient route planning keep drivers safe by diverting them around heavy traffic, poor road conditions or accidents. In addition, ELDs’ driver fatigue prevention tools and the ability to identify and record dangerous driver behaviors such as speeding and harsh braking in real-time help fleet managers give targeted feedback and inform future driver training, which over time will also reduce and prevent accidents.