Works crews check their trucks
Pre-starts are done in the app. A faulty beacon gets a photo and goes to the depot workshop.
Maintenance and InspectionsWhat your fleet team sees and what your crews do, side by side
ACROSS COUNCIL
Trucks, plant and pool cars on one map
Route and speed history for resident complaints
Servicing by kilometres, hours or date
Pool car usage reports
Audit-ready documents and reports
IN THE FIELD
Jobs sent straight to crews' phones
Pre-start checks with photos
Incident reports with location
NHVR-approved work diary for heavy vehicle operators
Defects sent straight to the depot workshop
Same depots, same crews, same public scrutiny. Just fewer questions you can't answer.
Pre-starts are done in the app. A faulty beacon gets a photo and goes to the depot workshop.
Maintenance and InspectionsPothole repairs, tree work and inspections go straight to the right crew's phone
Job allocationSomeone reports a council truck speeding. The route and speed history show what really happened.
Driver BehaviourEngine hours trigger a service reminder before the machine is overdue.
Vehicle TelematicsTrip history shows where the car went and for how long, ready for usage reporting.
Route HistoryMaintenance, incidents, driver records and documents are already in one place for the next audit.
Compliance reportingThe platform is the same. What each team leans on changes with the work.
Heavy vehicles and plant on public roads.
Public-facing work with plenty of complaints to answer.
Crews spread across many reserves and sites.
Shared cars that need clear usage records.
Route history, dashcam footage, maintenance records and incident reports sit together, so complaints, claims and audits are answered with evidence.
Council trucks and heavy plant on public roads fall under the Heavy Vehicle National Law, and council officers can carry Chain of Responsibility duties. The amended HVNL commenced on 1 August 2026, with no grace period.
Fatigue duty penalty, up from $8,000
Unfit to drive duty now covers all vehicles over 4.5t GVM
Top corporate Chain of Responsibility penalty (Category 1)
ManageVehicle is ISO 27001 compliant, for councils with strict data security rules
General information only, not legal advice. Read our guide to government fleet management for councils and Chain of Responsibility guide for the detail.
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