Law enforcement officers have important and dangerous jobs to do. The actions of a few law enforcement officers have placed all under greater scrutiny while strengthening the distrust between law enforcement and ordinary citizens in communities far and wide. Using GPS tracking for law enforcement vehicles, both marked and unmarked can go a long way toward healing the mistrust within the community while improving safety for the men and women who so bravely serve their communities.

Easy Identification/Authentication

While marked cars are easily identifiable, unmarked cars are intentionally difficult to identify as the vehicles of law enforcement officers. People, women drivers, especially, are often hesitant to pull over for vehicles that aren’t easily identifiable as law enforcement vehicles. GPS allows the location of vehicles to be easily tracked so a quick phone call to dispatch can confirm that it is, in fact, a police vehicle that is attempting to pull someone over.

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Teenage drivers who have fewer than 18 months experience with driving have a four times higher risk of a near-crash event or a crash with risk factors like speed, distraction, teen passengers, inexperience, alcohol or medication or drugs, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

No matter how careful teen drivers are, they all start off inexperienced. Many will face a number of distractions. These distractions can be anything from chatty passengers to cell phones to turning up their favorite song on the radio.

Teen drivers may be extra careful to avoid these distractions and pay attention to the road when they first begin driving. But, as they get more comfortable driving, they’re more likely to start engaging in risky driving behaviors.

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Whether you’re in the business of shipping for auto dealerships, auto manufacturer’s, or individuals, GPS tracking for auto transport businesses can help you improve customer relations, safeguard the expensive vehicles you’re charged with transporting, and maintain your peace of mind in the process. GPS tracking can be one of the most useful tools your business has ever invested in for all these reasons and more.

Make Your Customers Happy by Keeping them Informed

Happy customers. Happy life. GPS tracking allows you the opportunity to provide unique codes customers can plug into their computers, mobile devices, etc. to track the precise journey their vehicle(s)’ take to their intended destination. They can even sign up to receive text or email notifications throughout the day to know the precise location of these vehicles at specific times.

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As 2018 comes to an end, fleet owners are looking for new tools and tactics to use to help reduce their costs in the coming year. These five strategies will help you reduce your fleet fuel spend in 2019 and beyond.

1. Consider Greening Your Fleet

What this means is that as you choose new vehicles for your fleet, consider adding hybrid vehicles that operate more fuel efficiently or downsizing to smaller vehicles for your fleet that consume less fuel on a day-to-day basis. This will help you reduce the amount of fuel your fleet uses and may even help defray some of the costs associated with investing in new vehicles. Another way to green your fleet is to choose vehicles with alternative or bio-fuels. Not only are they better for your fuel economy, but they are also much better for the planet, too.

2. Practice Preventative Maintenance

Preventative maintenance keeps your fleet vehicles operating like finely tuned machines. This means the engines do not need to work as hard or burn as much fuel in order to function. It is a key factor in priming your vehicles for optimal fuel consumption and can save your fleet a ton of money in excess fuel and costly, preventable, repairs. Not to mention unnecessary vehicle downtime.

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After their van and equipment was stolen, a central Indiana band was forced to stop working for the time being.

Daniel and David Deputy, two brothers, lead the band Blank Pages. Last October, the two brothers loaded their van and trailer up with lights, props, instruments and other equipment for the music video they were going to shoot.

They came outside on October 4, only to find all of it was gone, including the van. Once they check with their family, they came to the realization it was stolen and they called the police.

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