Have you ever thought of where the Great Blue Herons in Maine go during the wintertime? Danielle D’Auria, a wildlife biologist, led a presentation on this subject in February at the Merryspring Nature Center on the Heron Observation Network of Maine.
In this talk, she spoke about how citizen volunteers, scientists and students have been monitoring migrations of great blue herons beyond state lines. Five adult great blue herons were equipped with lightweight GPS trackers in 2016 and then released so the researchers could monitor their movements during migration, nesting and wintering.
Out of the five Maine birds, two migrated to Florida, one to Cuba, one to the Bahamas and one flew to Haiti.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has just released its “Most Wanted” list of transportation safety improvements for 2019 – 2020. While there are no big surprises topping the list, there are some safety improvements that could go a long way toward saving lives if accidents do occur while also limiting the number of accidents that happen on the roads today.
Among the top items on the list are the following:
- Eliminate driver distractions.
- Ensure safer shipment of hazardous materials.
- End impairment related from drugs, alcohol, and other substances.
- Implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce or crashes resulting from speeding.
- Reduce fatigue-related traffic accidents.
- Make collision avoidance technologies more widely available in motor vehicles with the eventual goal of including it in all new vehicles.
- Make stronger efforts to improve occupant protection protocols in vehicles.
- Require professional drivers to screen for and treat obstructive sleep apnea.
GPS Tracking for Town Car Service Companies
4 Mar 2019As a town Car service company, you provide invaluable convenience to the customers you serve. Your services offers more than four wheels and a ride. Patrons could get that from ride sharing or local taxis.
Instead, you provide a certain element of luxury, sophistication, style, and service that is a cut above what others offer, and for which having advanced technology can help give you a leg up on your competition.
Town Car services meet a wide range of transportation needs and do so discretely, offering a wide range of services including:
- Airport transportation services
- Point to point driving services
- By-the-hour driving services
- Wedding transportation
- Wine tastings and tours
- Corporate travel transportation
- Party tour transportation
- Special event driving services
If you handle a Town Car service that handles any or all of these types of transportation, then you need GPS fleet tracking for your cars. These are a few of the reasons why.
