Your fleet is your business; that’s the bottom line. An unsafe or inoperable fleet can cost you your business; that’s another bottom line. Maintaining a fleet seems expensive, but it costs fewer dollars in the end. Yes, all businesses need to worry about their bottom lines, but they also need to operate smartly, which is why United Auto Care cannot stress enough the importance of fleet maintenance.
Safety First
The safety of your drivers and their loads or passengers should always be a top priority in your fleet management plan. Accidents can be prevented provided you employ skilled drivers and keep the automobiles they drive in top working order. Common causes of commercial vehicle accidents include brake, steering, suspension, and tire failure. A properly maintained fleet avoids these failures by replacing faulty parts before they can cause an accident. This saves you money in the end.
Cost Reduction
Let’s imagine a scenario to give you an example of how fleet maintenance is more cost-effective than ignoring it. Imagine you have a fleet of limousines and you’ve scheduled a driver to pick up an important client from the airport. During the commute to the client’s destination, a tire blows out and the driver collides with the highway’s center divider. The limo, passenger, and your driver are severely injured. Your insurance company finds you at fault. The driver and passenger sue you… we don’t need to go on.
Preventative fleet maintenance can help you avoid such a costly disaster, but it can also save you on operating costs in other ways. Imagine your drivers go years without an accident. Your insurance company may offer you lower rates. Imagine how much gas you’ll save if your vehicles are running as efficiently as they can be. Imagine avoiding expensive engine repair. A properly maintained vehicle is less expensive to operate than an improperly maintained vehicle, which reduces your operating costs.
Downtime
Finally, if your vehicles do breakdown because they haven’t been properly maintained are you ready to take the hit to your profits? Sit down and calculate how much money you’ll lose if just one of your vehicles is off the road for one day. It’s probably more money than you think. If you keep your fleet running as it should, you’ll boost driver productivity and avoid downtime because your vehicles will be on the road in operation rather than in the shop being repaired.
United Auto Care in Flowery Branch, GA, services and repairs fleet vehicles and we’d be happy to maintain your fleet. Call us today.
