The Fleetclear system uses GPS and telematic data monitoring to issue warnings to drivers when entering a 20mph zone, enabling them to navigate speed changes safely.

The local authority’s introduction of Fleetclear software follows the Welsh Government’s enforcement of reduced speed zones in 2023, which saw 30mph speed limits reduced to 20mph in urban areas.

Ioan Vantu, Transport Manager at MTCBC, said: ‘We generate speeding reports and once the 20mph zones were introduced the number of speeding alerts for the whole fleet jumped from an average of 70-80 per month to over 11,000!’

To address the challenges experienced by fleet drivers and managers, many of whom were in ‘fear of losing their licenses’, the council has installed Fleetclear technology in all 125 of their fleet vehicles.

‘Since having the system fitted, we have monitored the occurrence of speed alert counts at random intervals across the fleet and have found a reduction of 53.54% in speeding events within the geofence zones’, Ioan added.

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