RoadChek, the widely used solution for monitoring driving behavior, is now able to offer substantial additional utility to business fleets everywhere, with the addition of live GPS tracking as a standard feature.

Previously, RoadChek provided excellent historical GPS tracking features, with its ability to display each individual trip from each driver, along with detailed driving exception incidents, such as speeding, harsh braking, use of the cellphone while driving, etc. However, effective immediately, RoadChek now shows the live location of each driver in a team or fleet on Google maps. This is the most requested feature by RoadChek fleets, as it helps service organizations of all types improve their dispatch efficiency and customer service.

RoadChek’s live tracking feature makes the app suitable for a wide range of markets, particularly where drivers provide their own vehicle, such as food delivery, ride sharing and field service. These applications can benefit tremendously from real-time GPS tracking, yet do not wish to intrude upon the driver’s privacy by installing a permanent mount, hardware-based GPS device. Now, with RoadChek, they can gain significant efficiencies without any associated hardware or installation cost.

RoadChek’s integrated shift scheduling feature ensures driver privacy by automatically shutting down the app when the driver is off shift. This is a game changing feature that lets commercial enterprises of all sizes take advantage of the ubiquity of smartphones, yet protect the contract driver’s right to privacy. RoadChek lets both the supervisor set the driver’s work schedule, such that the app automatically starts and ends at the beginning and end of the driver’s work schedule. Yet, to ensure privacy, the driver can deviate from the set schedule to accommodate unforeseen changes, such as overtime or personal appointments. Any deviations from the set schedule will create exceptions that can be subsequently reviewed by the driver.

With its combination of live gps tracking, messaging and driving behavior scoring and coaching, this is a product that typically covers its low monthly cost in just a day or two, through gains in productivity and reductions in fleet operating costs.