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Driver scoring and safety management for bus contractors

Objective safety scores from data you already collect — used to coach, recognize, and keep the drivers your contracts depend on.

See it with your own routes

For a contractor, drivers are the business: recruiting them is expensive, losing them breaks routes, and their driving record is your safety record when a district evaluates your bid. Guardian Route scores driver safety from the telematics data your fleet already produces, and pairs it with the attendance and credential tracking that keeps a multi-district operation staffed and compliant.

Scored from data you already have

Speeding, hard braking, idling, on-time performance, and route adherence are scored from existing GPS and trip data — no extra hardware, no manual entry. Every score is backed by the underlying events, so a conversation with a driver starts from facts, not impressions.

Coaching and recognition, not just policing

Scoring only works if drivers see it as fair. Guardian Route’s scoring is designed to surface where coaching helps and to recognize consistently good driving — because recognition is one of the cheapest retention levers there is, and retention is the cheapest source of drivers there is. A scoring system drivers resent costs you the drivers you most want to keep.

Attendance and substitutes, handled daily

Absences are a daily input, not an exception. Driver attendance tracking shows each morning who is out and which routes are exposed, and ranked substitute suggestions turn the 5:30 a.m. scramble into a routine assignment — across every contract you run.

Credentials that never lapse quietly

CDL expirations, medical cards, and certifications are tracked with automated reminders — across all your drivers and all your contracts — so a lapsed credential surfaces weeks ahead, not at a roadside inspection or a district audit.

A safety story that wins bids

Districts buy safety. A contractor who can show objective, per-driver safety scoring, a coaching program built on it, and clean credential compliance walks into a bid or renewal conversation with evidence instead of assertions.

Frequently asked questions

What does driver scoring measure?

Speeding, hard braking, idling, on-time performance, and route adherence — calculated from the GPS and trip data the platform already collects, with the underlying events visible behind every score.

Does scoring require new hardware in the vehicles?

No. Scoring uses data already collected through your telematics integration (including Samsara), so there is no additional hardware or manual data entry.

How does this help driver retention?

Fair, transparent scoring that recognizes good driving — not only mistakes — is a retention tool. Combined with balanced routes and predictable schedules, it addresses the reasons drivers actually leave.

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