Different employees work in different ways. For some drivers, arriving at a customer location means the trip is complete. A sales rep may be meeting with an account, or a service technician may be beginning a scheduled visit. For others, like delivery associates or merchandisers making multiple stops throughout the day, a short stop is simply one part of a larger route.

Cardata Mobile now gives drivers more flexibility to match trip tracking to the way they work. With a new trip-ending customization setting, drivers can choose how long the app waits before ending a trip when they've stopped moving.

Whether you're making deliveries, visiting multiple customer locations, or spending time at a job site before heading to your next stop, you can customize trip tracking to better reflect your day-to-day driving patterns.

What Changed?

Cardata Mobile now includes a customizable stationary trip-end setting.

Drivers can choose how long the app waits before ending a trip after motion has stopped and they remain stationary inside their vehicle. Instead of using a single default cutoff time, drivers can select the option that best matches their driving patterns and daily workflow.

This setting is available directly within the mobile app and can be adjusted whenever needed.

The app will now wait for your selected period of inactivity before automatically ending a trip. This helps prevent trips from being split into multiple segments when brief stops are part of a larger route.

For example, a delivery associate may stop at several customer locations throughout the day. Rather than ending and restarting a trip at every stop, the app can remain active long enough to capture the complete route as intended.

Why Does It Matter?

Not every workday follows the same driving pattern.

Many employees spend time parked between stops while making deliveries, meeting customers, performing service work, or completing field tasks. When a trip ends too quickly, mileage records can become fragmented and require additional review to ensure the right route has been followed, or the right customers have been visited. 

By allowing drivers to customize the stationary cutoff time, Cardata Mobile can better reflect how work actually happens in the field.

The result is more complete route mapping, improved account visit reporting, and greater flexibility for employees whose work involves frequent stops throughout the day.

How Does This Help You Do Your Job Better?

Accurate mileage capture starts with accurately reflecting how employees drive.

With customizable stationary trip-end settings, drivers can tailor trip tracking to their specific role and workflow.

This can help employees:

• Capture complete routes more consistently
• Reduce unnecessary trip interruptions
• Better support delivery, service, and multi-stop driving patterns
• Spend less time reviewing fragmented trips
• Improve confidence that business driving is being recorded as intended

For administrators and managers, more complete trip records can also provide a clearer view of employee driving activity within the Cardata Portal.

Flexible Trip Tracking for Real-World Driving

Driving for work rarely follows a single pattern.

Some employees are constantly moving between locations. Others spend time stopped throughout the day before continuing on to the next destination. This new customization gives drivers more control over how trips are captured, helping Cardata Mobile adapt to real-world driving behaviors instead of forcing drivers to adapt to the technology.

It's another step toward making mileage capture more flexible, accurate, and easier to manage for everyone involved.