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.
NICB Releases Three Year Snowmobile Theft Report
28 Feb 2019The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) released its first-ever report on snowmobile thefts in the U.S. on February 5, 2019. While, perhaps, not as widespread as thefts related to other types of vehicles, snowmobile thefts can prove particularly impactful in areas of the country where it is difficult to get around during certain times of year without one.
The report reveals some stark information concerning snowmobile thefts, including the fact that 32 of 50 states reported having at least one snowmobile stolen during the three year reporting period. Minnesota reported the greatest prevalence of snowmobile thefts at 314 which Michigan with 207, Wisconsin with 129, Alaska with 128, and Washington with 109 thefts rounding out the top five.
One surprising fact is that while there were many stolen while owners left their snowmobiles unattended while in use. The majority were stolen from trailers, either while in transit to trails or when stored on trailers outside homes.
The sad news for snowmobile owners, whether intending their snowmobiles for joy riding or more practical purposes, is that only 57 percent of snowmobiles are recovered after being stolen.
GPS III Explained
27 Feb 2019GPS is currently a lifeline to some four billion people worldwide. Even those who don’t use GPS specific devices often use GPS features on their mobile phones to help with directions, navigation, and more. Businesses rely on it for planning safer routes, even college campuses are beginning to use GPS technology to fuel delivery robots. In other words, the world relies on GPS.
The technology that drivers GPS is somewhat dated, however. It’s been around since the 1960s, and reached full viability in 1995. With the speed at which traditional technology advances, that means the technology that drives GPS is somewhat dated. Just think about the computers that dominated in 1995. Honestly, most people were just discovering dial-up Internet services at the time.
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