MiX Telematics, a global provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions, recently announced the results of a survey it conducted among fleet executives and managers, exploring their top concerns and ELD readiness. MiX worked with Bobit Research Services to conduct the online survey, which took place in March and April 2018 and garnered 122 complete responses.
Key findings:
• Across all respondents, reducing risky driving was identified as the top concern for fleet professionals for 2018, followed by optimizing fleet operating costs, ELD/HOS compliance, and improving maintenance.
• Among fleets with 500+ vehicles, optimizing overall fleet operating costs was the top concern, and improving maintenance was second, with reducing risky driving in fifth place.
• Looking at the data by job title, senior managers’ top concerns were reducing risky driving and improving maintenance, but fleet managers top concerns were improving maintenance and optimizing overall fleet operating costs.
• 71% of respondents whose fleets needed to comply with the ELD mandate say they have already completed their implementations. Only one percent have not begun the process at all. The balance are either in the midst of the process or grandfathered in until December 2019 with AOBRDs.
Pete Allen, chief client officer at MiX Telematics North America, said: “By this point--seven months after the ELD mandate went into effect--we expected higher compliance. Three in 10 fleets that need to comply have not yet done so. With the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) now fully enforcing the law, fleets need to take action.”
Allen also noted the difference in priorities between fleet executives and fleet managers. “Safety should be the number one priority for every fleet, and every fleet employee,” said Allen. “Executives need to make sure incentives are aligned around this very important goal.”
Download a full report on the survey at http://explore.mixtelematics.com/us/white-paper/survey.