Time may pass, but fine management remains one of the most crucial aspects for fleets.
Let's be honest, it's not as exciting as choosing a new car model. However, neglecting this aspect can be costly, both in terms of cost and safety.
In 2022 alone, a total of 76.577.166 traffic tickets were issued in Brazil, according to data from the National Traffic Secretariat (Senatran), an average of 8.742 per hour.
So let's explore how fines can be managed effectively to keep your fleet management on track.
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What is fines management
Benefits of fine management for fleets
How to manage fines in practice
Expert opinion on fine management for fleets
Importance of telemetry for controlling fines
What is fines management
Fines are like those unexpected potholes that appear in the road, catching you off guard and hurting your budget.
Whether it's violations or speeding, they can quickly become a major headache for fleet managers.
This is because they not only drain financial resources, but can also tarnish your company's reputation.
Therefore, the key to overcoming this dilemma lies in implementing an efficient system for handling penalties, namely fine management.
It is a set of processes that aim to control and reduce the number of traffic violations committed by a fleet.
In this sense, it is also a process that involves the stages of identification, monitoring, analysis and prevention of infractions.
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Benefits of fine management for fleets
Sure, fine control might not be the most captivating task, but it can save you a world of trouble.
By handling this management correctly, you ensure legal compliance and avoid unnecessary penalties.
Similarly, by identifying recurring patterns and violations, it's possible to take corrective actions to improve driver behavior and reduce fines in the long run in your fleet management.
But, after all, why is it important to control fines? It's simple, because the measure brings several benefits to companies:
Reduced costs
Traffic fines can represent a significant cost of fleet management, especially when they are numerous.
Continuity of operation
As fines result in a score on your license, the suspension of the right to drive stops being a risk and becomes a reality and, consequently, drivers are unable to carry out their activities.
Preservation of the company's image
Likewise, infractions can harm your business' image, especially if they are serious or repetitive.
security improvement
Traffic violations can increase the risk of accidents. On the other hand, efficient fine enforcement can help promote safe driving and reduce the number of accidents.
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How to manage fines in practice
Well, now that we've established the importance of fines management, let's explore some practical steps to streamline the process and implement an efficient control system:
- The first step is to identify the main infractions committed by the fleet, through analysis of data that can be extracted from a telemetry system.
- Once the main penalties have been identified, it is important to monitor them continuously, through periodic reports that show the evolution of the number of fines.
- It is also important to analyze infractions to identify causes and help develop more effective prevention strategies.
- The ultimate goal of fine control is prevention. To achieve this, companies can implement training for drivers, awareness campaigns and other preventive measures.
Adopting technology to assist in this process is perhaps the best advice to follow.
This is because there are several tools that can help companies manage fines, such as a telemetry system.
Golfleet promotes greater agility in identification and audit processes, in addition to directly impacting your goals of preventing and reducing the occurrence of fines.
Among the features of our system is Golfleet Driver , which balances responsibilities between managers and drivers regarding safe driving practices.
Since drivers have a Driver App at their fingertips with information about their driving profile and traffic violations, it becomes easier to make the best decisions on the road.
At the end of each trip, various indicators regarding driver performance become available and easily accessible.
For these and other reasons, Golfleet is a tool with great potential to help control fines in your fleet.
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Expert opinion on fine management for fleets
The economy is directly linked to the success of a fleet, so it is clear that care and safety of lives in traffic is the constant pursuit of all those responsible.
Therefore, the ideal plan is a safe fleet that delivers the best results, including in managing traffic violations.
Those who work in the segment know that any word related to penalties is one that no one wants to hear.
In this sense, what successful managers say is that the secret is not to avoid or escape this word, but rather to look for solutions so that it does not happen or that it happens as little as possible.
Many of the infractions are directly linked to attention and, therefore, fleets are increasingly seeking to specialize their managers and drivers through education.
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In addition to professionalization, we have already established that the easiest way to manage fines is with the help of technology.
To stay up-to-date and ahead of the market, managers rely on vehicle telematics to monitor the entire fleet and reduce infractions, but beyond that, what are managers doing?
When the concept of security is already rooted in the company, taking the next steps becomes even better.
Ultimately, management is all about strategy, and at Festo, this is one of the first steps for all fleet-related actions.
For Diogo Soares, HR intelligence analyst at Festo, technology and a safety culture are making all the difference at the company.
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Festo's fleet policy is already old, but since 2015 we have implemented new indicators with telemetry and we are increasingly improving our numbers. In 2015 we had 306 fines, but in two years the number was only 52 and fell drastically thanks to strategic management, where we looked at the general plan and worked on each of the points”, points out Soares.
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Therefore, at Festo the target for fines is zero and currently both companies have light fines and the numbers continue to improve.
To meet this goal, managers invest in preventive maintenance measures , recurring training, and regular evaluation of indicators.
Professionals point out that managing fines comes as a consequence of looking at the fleet strategically and as a whole.
Each indicator, even if it is not linked to infractions, will matter for the final account that guarantees better performance in the economy and in the safety of each driver.
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Importance of telemetry for controlling fines
As we've seen throughout this content, telemetry is a technology that can help companies control and reduce the number of traffic violations.
A telemetry system like Golfleet allows you to collect and transmit vehicle data in real time.
Using this information, it is more practical to monitor speeding, location, driver behavior and other factors that can lead to fines.
It is also possible to create a ranking and cross-reference data on infractions, time, distance, speed, and percentages, in a quick and intuitive way that busy managers need.
Likewise, you know which drivers are responsible for the highest number of infractions per kilometer driven.
In practice, this means that it is easier to deal with fines management in a more personalized and individual way, in addition to recognizing good drivers.
Golfleet also allows you to configure your fleet policy, as well as determine what constitutes infractions for your operation.
In other words, you have complete freedom to customize our telemetry system according to your company's needs.
To have Golfleet by your side in controlling fines and achieving your goals, it's simple, schedule a demonstration and learn in depth about all the benefits that will bring more efficiency, productivity and safety to your operation.
