Installing IVMS/ GPS Tracking into a vehicle brings two potentially conflicting aspects into contact with each other: an individual’s need for privacy, and a company’s need to protect its drivers’ safety and its vehicles against abuse and unauthorised trips.
Digicore has rolled out IVMS/ GPS Tracking into many businesses and onto many mine sites since 2007 and we have seen the worst when it comes to IVMS/ GPS Tracking resistance. Recalcitrant staff would disconnect them, break them and find whatever they can come up with to make sure the IVMS/ GPS Tracking is not able to do what it was installed for in the first place: to protect drivers against themselves.
Another, perhaps softer form of IVMS/ GPS Tracking resistance comes from an excessive level of privacy intrusion complaints. Most drivers that respect the law and live quiet lives would not mind an IVMS/ GPS Tracking system to track their wives going to buy groceries in a company vehicle – nobody has the time to use IVMS/ GPS Tracking to spy on individuals going about their daily legal business anyway, so it all is really irrelevant. Enters the speedster, who invariable also turns out to be the vehicle abuser, and suddenly IVMS/ GPS Tracking is a hot topic and seen as being intrusive when, realistically, all that IVMS/ GPS Tracker does is keep an eye on dangerous situations.
Our view is that 90% of IVMS benefits come with the last 10% of enforcement: we recommend that companies persevere to find ways to enforce IVMS/ GPS Tracking within the context of what is legal. Driver complaints of IVMS’s intrusion into their lives should obviously be respected and there even are things like business/ private switches available, but in the end IVMS/ GPS Tracking should remain and the feedback it provides should be used on a regular basis. We have also found that IVMS/ GPS Tracking over time becomes acceptable to everybody: people realise it is there to stay and they also accept that the days of bad driving are over.
Slow vehicles down and stop harsh driving, and the safety and financial benefits are there every time – IVMS/ GPS Tracking pays for itself, as we have stated many times before!
“In the civil & mining sector, efficiency and safety are our top priorities. Digicore has been a cornerstone of our operations, providing us with cutting-edge IVMS solutions. What impresses us the most is their ability to comprehend our unique challenges and design solutions that are both effective and cost-efficient. Their after-sales support is exceptional - always reachable, always proactive. It's a pleasure to partner with such a trustworthy, 100% Australian owned company.”
“We have worked with Digicore for over the last 10 years and at every stage they have come up with innovative and price effective ways in which to help our business. As we grew, our demands grew and Dan from Digicore continued to provide excellent service and the best products.”
“I want to say thank you for the phenomenal service and input Digicore has had, it has been particularly helpful in providing input to our business IVMS plans. Your team were incredibly professional and Digicore IVMS 2.0 is a very impressive solution.”
“We started with a large tracking company and got locked in before discovering their units didn't have the functions we required. We switched to Digicore and we couldn't be happier. The product is excellent, pricing is very competitive but more importantly their product knowledge and support is second to none.”