Telematics: Potentially A Useful Green Tool But Also Consider The Employment Issues?

Telematics, the science of sending, receiving or storing information via telecommunication devices, has become an integral part of fleet management. Essentially it is a tracking unit or "black box" inside a vehicle, which is designed to facilitate fleet management. Its traditional uses are wide ranging and include facilitating the collection of road tolls, managing road usage, pricing auto insurance, tracking fleet vehicle locations, recovery of stolen vehicles and car accident notification alerts.

Laterly, telematics in fleet management is beginning to be seen as a green tool for businesses seeking to improve fuel efficiency, reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions, assist in measurement and reduction in carbon foot-printing and generally towards a reduction in overall transportation costs.