What a daily vehicle check needs to tell you
Drivers need a quick way to check the vehicle at the start of a shift. You need to know which vehicles were checked, which weren’t, and which have something wrong with them.
Without one shared system, the check turns into memory, photos and a round of messages at the end of the day.
Who the daily check app is for
Owners, transport managers, site supervisors and office staff running vans, HGVs, trailers or a mix.
It suits teams where drivers start early or from different places, and nobody can stand next to every vehicle before it leaves.
Defect books, paper sheets and “checks done” messages
A defect book in each cab, photos of completed sheets, a shared spreadsheet, or a group chat where drivers post “checks done”.
These collect the check. None of them tells you, at 7am, which vehicles haven’t been checked.
Why you still don’t know which checks were missed
Messages scroll away, sheets arrive days late, and a spreadsheet shows whatever was last typed in, not what’s true this morning.
You end up asking the same question every day: who’s checked what, and is anything unsafe to drive?
How the AutoMauve daily walkaround check works
Drivers get a guided walkaround check in the AutoMauve app that works without signal. Start from the built-in DVSA-aligned HGV walkaround or build your own for vans and trailers. You get a dashboard showing today’s checks, anything overdue, and every open defect.
Responsibility for roadworthiness stays with you and your drivers. AutoMauve makes the daily check consistent and gives you a record you can find again.
A daily walkaround check, start to finish
- 1Set up the check questions for each type of vehicle.
- 2Drivers complete the check before use and add photos for anything that fails.
- 3Review submitted checks and open defects in one place.
- 4Look up any past date when you need to know what was reported.