FleetRabbit

FleetRabbit provides fleet maintenance covering repair workflows, fuel management, compliance, parts inventory, analytics and reporting, and DVIR with DOT inspection support for daily compliance checks, with no switching fees between plans.

DVIR is the capability that makes this a compliance product rather than a maintenance one, and it is a legal requirement rather than a good practice.

The Driver Vehicle Inspection Report is a mandatory check that commercial drivers in the United States must complete before and after operating a vehicle, covering defined components including brakes, lights, tyres, steering and coupling devices. Defects must be recorded, and a vehicle with a safety defect must not be operated until it is repaired and the repair certified.

The compliance exposure is not primarily about the inspection but about the paperwork. During an audit or after an accident, the question is whether inspections were performed and recorded, and paper reports are lost, illegible or completed in the cab afterwards in a single handwriting for a week's worth of dates. That last pattern is obvious to any inspector and is treated as falsification.

Electronic DVIR timestamps each inspection, ties it to a driver and a vehicle, and produces a record that cannot be back-filled convincingly. It also routes defects directly to maintenance rather than relying on a paper form reaching the workshop.

No switching fees between plans is a small commercial point worth noting, since fleet software frequently penalises changing tier as a fleet grows or shrinks seasonally.

Pricing is published with a $50 figure relating to plan changes rather than a subscription rate, so confirm current plan pricing with the vendor.