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Crews, vehicles and the gear they carry

Light fleets, service vehicles and the equipment on them, tracked together, so a crew and its kit are never separately guessed at.

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A crew, its vehicle and its kit, never separately guessed at

A utilities crew moves as one unit: the vehicle, the person and thousands of dollars of test gear. When they are tracked separately, every job starts with a question.

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ETrack Where tag
The fleet

What goes on each asset

Four kinds of asset on a utilities fleet, four different ways of reporting, one platform behind them.

  • Service vehicles

    Hardwired unit with driver login and in-cab inspections

    EROAD Inspect

    Hardwired

  • Utes

    Business and private running separated automatically for fringe benefits tax

    Fringe benefits tax

    Hardwired

  • Trailers

    Battery tracker reporting location with no connection to the towing vehicle

    ETrack Oyster3

    Battery

  • ETrack Where tag

    Tools and test gear

    Wireless tags picked up by the vehicle carrying them, within 70 metres

    ETrack Where

    Battery

Battery units report on a schedule rather than continuously. Hardwired units need a power source.

Why it helps

Your biggest risk is driving

Fatigue is a factor in 20% of fatal crashes in Australia, and being awake for 18 hours has the same effect on reaction time as a blood alcohol level of 0.05%.

Fatigue detection

Drowsiness and distraction detected in cab, with a warning the driver feels before an incident

Drive Buddy Fatigue

Footage both ways

Road facing and driver facing video, so an incident is answered rather than argued about

Clarity Edge Multicam

Coaching, not blame

Behaviour reported per driver, so a conversation starts from data rather than opinion

Driver coaching
Compliance

What you have to prove, and what records it

Five obligations an Australian utilities fleet carries, and the record EROAD produces against each.

Australian utilities fleet obligations, what EROAD records against each, and where the record appears
Obligation What the duty asks What EROAD records Where you see it
Fringe benefits tax What the duty asksSeparate business running from private use for a logbook What EROAD recordsTrip records split automatically, with private trips withheld Where you see it Fringe benefits tax FBT report and Private Mode
Vehicle inspections What the duty asksPre-start and periodic checks, recorded and retrievable What EROAD recordsCompleted checklists with photographs, against the asset Where you see it EROAD Inspect EROAD Inspect
Site attendance What the duty asksProve when a vehicle or machine was on a site What EROAD recordsArrival and departure against a geofenced site Where you see it Geo Alerts Geo Alerts and vehicle history
Fatigue management What the duty asksShow that shift and rest break rules were followed What EROAD recordsShift and break time per driver, with breaches flagged Where you see it Drive Buddy Fatigue Driver Safety Report
Chain of Responsibility What the duty asksEvidence that safety duties were met across the transport chain What EROAD recordsSpeed, fatigue, maintenance and subcontractor activity Where you see it Chain of Responsibility MyEROAD reports and vehicle history
Capabilities

Know which crew has the kit

Tags on tools and test equipment, picked up by the vehicle they are travelling in, so the gear is located without a round of phone calls.

Tags on tools

Wireless tags on tools, bins and small equipment, detected automatically by the in-cab unit

ETrack Where

Proof of attendance

Site arrival and departure recorded automatically, which answers a billing question without argument

Proof of Service

Private use, handled

Take home vehicles create an FBT obligation and a privacy expectation. Private Mode addresses both

Private Mode
FAQ

What fleet managers actually ask

An Ehubo2 picks up an ETrack Where Tag within 70 metres, and a Where Mini Tag within 25 metres. Metal objects and equipment emitting strong radio frequencies can interfere with the Bluetooth signal or block it entirely.

EROAD Locate works with most light vehicles and plant equipment using an OBD2 port, and a universal Y harness allows installation behind the dashboard while keeping the diagnostic port accessible. Assets without a port are covered instead by battery trackers such as ETrack Oyster3 and ETrack G70, which need no vehicle power at all.

Subcontractor vehicles and plant can be added, bringing all assets onto one platform for visibility and tracking. That also feeds the subcontractor activity a Chain of Responsibility duty asks about.

Yes. EROAD Locate collects ECM and CAN data, so you get engine hours, battery health, faults and maintenance needs, which is what machinery is serviced on rather than distance travelled.

Driver login is a PIN on the in-cab unit, so time behind the wheel is attributed to a person rather than a registration. Fringe benefits tax reporting is delivered on the Ehubo2 with no additional app and no mobile device management.

Tell us what your crews carry

Service vehicles, utes, trailers or tools. We will show you what the reporting looks like for that mix.

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