RAM Tracking have a daily vehicle checklist for drivers to fill out, this helps them to simply ensure the fleet manager understands any of the issues that there are with their vehicle. Ensuring that they are customisable ensures that they are deemed road-worthy by the standards of the car manufacturer for the specific make and model that each driver is driving.
By law, you must ensure that your vehicles are well maintained, in an efficient state of working order and in good repair. Ensuring that your vehicles fill these different points can be done with ease with car, van and HGV walkaround checks which are then filled out within the daily vehicle checklist template that the fleet manager updates between drivers based on vehicle.
Whilst you could just carry out a DVSA walkaround check, you ensure that each and every vehicle is up to the correct standard by having all of your employees carry out a daily vehicle check. It allows you to catch maintenance needs sooner rather than later.
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There are various aspects of your fleet that must be checked upon for it to be considered road-worthy, these will change based upon the vehicle manufacturer and model, however, there are some aspects that every daily vehicle check should cover.
Things like this must be universally checked within the daily vehicle checks as this is of utmost importance to driver safety.
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Driver daily walkaround checks can become a very easy part of your morning routine before you start your shift. As you enter a vehicle, you will automatically make a few different checks without even realising it. You will ensure that your mirrors are correctly aligned as well as ensuring that you have enough fuel, or when you will need to refuel as well as that you have fastened your seatbelt for the journey ahead
If your fleet manager creates a daily vehicle checklist template which each driver works from in the morning to carry out their check, this ensures that drivers simply just open up the daily vehicle check app and fill out the appropriate information.
Whilst it may seem like your drivers have a lot to check every day, it should be able to be completed quite quickly. Additionally, you can catch issues early on, saving you money in maintenance, making the small maintenance improvements over time will cost less than having to deal with large issues all at once.
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Using a daily vehicle check app to fill out a pre-made checklist is an easy and effective way to ensure that your drivers are as safe as they can be at the start of each shift. Using vehicles that are not road-worthy puts your drivers in danger, if the lights are not working and drivers are going to be driving at night, your drivers are in danger.
Getting your drivers into a routine of daily vehicle checks allows your drivers to spot these issues which, over time, when they become more severe, become potentially dangerous.
Your fleet covers a lot of mileage every day so these faults can develop fairly quickly. Ensuring that the daily vehicle checklist for drivers are being carried out every day ensures that any issues with the vehicles can be caught early whilst mitigating further damage.
Get a QuoteLook after your drivers and keep on top of wear and tear of your vehicles by carrying out daily vehicle checks. This allows you to keep costs for any maintenance issues down.
Carrying out daily vehicle checks are not just a legal requirement but they are also carried out to ensure that each and every company vehicle is safe to drive and roadworthy. These checks allow you to identify any maintenance issues that must be addressed before they become a larger problem.
Daily vehicle checks are typically the responsibility of the driver. They should be carried out at the start of the day before they set off to begin their jobs for the day. It is important that a driver regularly inspect their vehicle to ensure that everything is in good working order and, most importantly, the vehicle is safe to operate.
During a daily vehicle check there are various aspects that a driver needs to inspect, they should ensure tyres are properly inflated, their brakes are in good working order, their fluid levels are proper and much more. However, there are also interior factors that must be checked, for example, you should check the seats and ensure that the seatbelt is in good working order.
Daily Vehicle Checks should be carried out before it is used each day as a legal requirement. This helps to ensure that you find any maintenance issues, small and large, as soon as possible so they can be dealt with.
In our opinion, there is no better way to carry out a vehicle check than one step at a time with a person carrying out the check. This ensures that you can alert the fleet manager to any issues and how roadworthy the vehicle is. Automation on such an important aspect which could lead to serious harm on the road should be carried out properly.
If and when a driver notices an issue during a daily vehicle check, they should report it to their supervisor or the fleet manager immediately, this allows time for the vehicle to be taken out of service so the issue can be resolved as quickly as possible. Not only this, but it ensures that there is a minimal amount of time that a vehicle is off the road.
Carrying out a daily vehicle check will help your business to ensure that your fleet vehicles are safe and roadworthy. This ensures that you are helping to reduce the risk of accidents and costly maintenance issues, something that will save the company money in the long run, all just by having your drivers carry out a check of their vehicles on a morning.
There are legal requirements for daily vehicle checks in some countries. For example, in the UK, it is a legal requirement that your drivers carry out a daily walkaround check on the vehicle that they use for company purposes as well as ensure that any defects are brought to the attention of their supervisor/fleet manager as soon as possible.
Many fleet management systems will offer daily vehicle check features to allow will help drivers to record and track the results of the checks. By doing this, your business is able to notice trends and prioritise maintenance schedules to reduce the number of vehicles that are off the road at any one time.
You can use RAM Assist to show the historic results of vehicle checks that each driver is filling out, you can make it so the drivers that consistently fill out the data are rewarded, as this will over time, save your business a lot of money and reduce the number of vehicles that are off the road at any one time, and the drivers that are not filling out the daily vehicle checks consistently can be coached to improve their habits.
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