How to Reduce Idle Time for Vehicle Fleets
Idling is undoubtedly one of the most, if not the most, financially straining challenges that fleet owners and managers face every day. Commercial vehicles are still busy through the day and have exhausting schedules along their path of boarding, unloading, paperwork procedures and frequent visits. Fleet vehicles must be idle to conduct any of the activities that are required and included in the operational budget, but the needless and wasteful idling induced by the drivers and inadequate route maintenance will substantially push up the running costs. Idling is a completely avoidable issue from a business management perspective, but in practice it is almost impossible to force hundreds of drivers to stick to their designated routes and stop just for rest purposes. Breakdowns and unplanned repairs are appropriate excuses for a car to stay idle while the engine is off because if the motor is working and a car becomes inactive for extended periods of time it can create a variety of...
