Fleet Compliance: Choose Supportive Solutions

Breaking rules often means incurring a penalty. Being compliant can help you reduce the likelihood of facing fines, lawsuits or the closure of your business. Depending on the type of regulation, being compliant also supports the well-being of your drivers and other road users. It also helps you keep your vehicles in roadworthy condition.

Tachograph Manager Plus helps you deal with policies with driving hours and working time regulation, while Webfleet Vehicle Check helps with day-to-day inspections and helps streamline the compliance process. With these solutions you have a clear overview and it’s easier to stay compliant.

Any business required to do tax declaration and comply with safety and driving hours regulations can benefit from compliance solutions. A few examples would be transport and logistics companies and fleets that provide last-mile deliveries.

Fleet managers must navigate various compliance challenges in their day-to-day, including record-­keeping, data accuracy and trailer management. Managing these challenges deftly calls for smart, integrated software that centralises data and provides real-time visibility over operations.

With Webfleet’s solution, compliance is effortless. Automated monitoring and recording allows you get on with other priorities, knowing that no data will be skipped or entered incorrectly. And, as advanced fleet technology, you can rest assured that data is both precise and secure. With Webfleet Trailer, you can also stay in total control of what’s connected to your truck — keep tabs on trailer load status, brake performance and trip details.

Compliance isn’t just a formality. Regulations are put in place to reduce risks and protect driver wellbeing. Following fleet management legislation is crucial for ensuring safety and preventing road accidents. Keeping your fleet safe benefits your budget too — meaning lower repairs costs, lower insurance premiums and less downtime.

To see which rules apply globally, consult our overview of major fleet management laws.

As for UK-specific regulations, there are three legal frameworks that control fleet activity: the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Goods Vehicles Act 1995. These frameworks set the foundation for safe, lawful and accountable fleet operations, requiring managers to stay on top of evolving standards, documentation and compliance tools.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is the body responsible for additional fleet operation regulations currently in force. DVSA specific­a­tions fall under the categories: vehicle roadwor­thiness, driver licensing and competence, operator licensing and environmental compliance. To ensure rules are adhered to, DVSA conducts random roadside checks.

Webfleet offers solutions that answer directly to many DVSA regulations — like Webfleet Tachograph Manager for easy compliance with working time regulations or the Webfleet Vehicle Check app that facilitates drivers’ daily walkaround inspections.

Implementing solutions to ensure complete compliance directly contributes to reducing operational costs by streamlining processes and minimising risk.

With features such as maintenance scheduling, real-time alerts and automated reports, Webfleet helps you adhere to regulations easily. Not only that — function­al­ities encouraging proactivity like those can also lead to better planning, lower admin fees, less fuel waste, minimised downtime and fewer compliance penalties. To put it simply: a significant drop in operational costs and a strong ROI.