We’re very pleased to announce the new GreenRoad Central mobile app for drivers, which has been in beta since the beginning of April.  The app gives drivers easy access to their GreenRoad performance anytime, anywhere.  Drivers can conveniently access their safety score, idling score, team rank and trip details from the past 7 days, and keep safety top of mind with our quick tips– all with the convenience and elegance of a native smartphone application.  (And yes, it’s disabled while in motion so you don’t have to worry about encouraging distracted driving.)

GreenRoad Central mobile app for drivers runs on both Android and iPhones and is available for free in the app stores as “GreenRoad Central.”  Drivers simply download the app and log in with their GreenRoad account information.  Continue reading →

So – what exactly is the safety score and why is it so important? In short, the safety score is the way we tell a driver, depot or company how safely they are driving. It also enables a manager to compare drivers, vehicles or depots against each other and create some friendly competition. Depending on your safety score, you will be graded as either a green, amber or red driver, with green being low risk and red; high risk.

The safety score is shown as the number of events per 10 hours of driving – so, if you have a score of 20 or less in a ten hour period you will be a green driver, a score of 21 to 50 unsafe maneuvers per ten hours means you will be rated as amber and anything over 51 means you will be classed as a red driver.

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This month, I’m very pleased to announce an exciting new program: the GreenRoad Fleet Elite.   In a nutshell, Fleet Elite recognizes GreenRoad drivers who have demonstrated sustained excellence in driving performance and safety.  It’s an easy-to-implement recognition program, administered by GreenRoad and designed to help you motivate and retain top drivers.

Here’s how it works.  Each year, GreenRoad sets the criteria for Fleet Elite membership.  In 2012, drivers are eligible if they sustain an overall safety score of 5 or less for the full calendar year, with at least 500 driving hours logged.  Each quarter, you’ll get a progress report showing how your drivers are tracking toward Fleet Elite status.  At the end of the year, we tabulate the results, and we announce the new inductees. Continue reading →

When it comes to developing a product roadmap, it’s not always new features that top the priority list. We also incorporate feedback from customers about how we can make their lives easier. With that in mind, we rang in the new year with a trip splitting enhancement that is already getting cheers from our bus customers.

If you have multiple drivers sharing a vehicle, you’re probably familiar with this problem: Driver 1 keys in, Driver 2 takes over the bus and forgets to key in… and two trips in the real world become one trip in GreenRoad (with Driver 1’s score either benefitting or suffering from Driver 2’s performance!) But now, it’s easy to split trips in Central- so that you have complete and accurate records for each driver. Just click “Trips” under Fleet Management, enter the date range that contains the trip you want to split, and click “Submit”. Then find the trip, select it, and click “Split” above the trip list. Enter the first and second driver, select the split time, and confirm. Poof – you have created two trips. See? That was easy.

We have a full and exciting product roadmap for 2012. Stay tuned for more to come.

GreenRoad recently announced the addition of new reports that enhance the GreenRoad service. Both reports are based on customer requests and deliver new insights for busy managers who are challenged by the varied demands of managing vehicle fleets. The reports are available to all GreenRoad subscribers.
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