According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), auto accidents are the leading cause of death for teens, between the ages of 16 and 19, in the United States. As a parent, you want to do everything in your power to prevent accidents, encourage safe driving, and to ensure that your teen has better than average odds of survival if an accident occurs. These are a few gadgets you can invest in that may help reduce your child’s risk of an auto fatality.

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People around the world that are enthusiastic about wildlife can now follow the black bears of Yosemite National Park in their daily journey using their smartphones and laptops as the bears cross wide distances and stride up steep canyons looking for mates and food.

The park informed The Associated Press that they launched a website, called KeepBearsWild.org to allow the public to track particular bears that were fitted with GPS tracking collars. The bears’ steps are pinged by the tracking tool from satellites and have already provided wildlife biologists with some surprising information.

Rangers hope the collars will educate the public about the black bears (many are actually brown) and protect them from harm. Guests of Yosemite can lock up their food, drive slowly and keep a safe distance from the bears to help keep them alive. Read the rest of this entry »

Gourmet food trucks are all the rage today and can be big business for savvy business owners. Like all businesses, there is always room for improvement when it comes to profit and food trucks are no exception. Using GPS tracking for mobile food trucks can not only help you with the obvious things, like saving money on fuel, but also offers a whole host of other benefits you might not have considered, like those detailed below.

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Airport shuttle businesses face many challenges when it comes to increasing profits without sacrificing service. Unfortunately, many airport shuttle operators, feeling they’ve already selected the most efficient possible routes, rule out the potential benefits of GPS fleet tracking, like those listed below, that could save your business a great deal of money, increase profits, and improve customer satisfaction. Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s important to regularly monitor your fleet vehicle diagnostics. And regardless of the size of your fleet and all your daily job responsibilities, you should not take regular maintenance lightly since it could result in unwanted vehicle breakdown and serious losses. Thanks to GPS fleet tracking maintenance technology, you can have some help in keeping your fleet maintained and up-and-running. A few ways that GPS fleet management for maintenance can be useful are as follows.

Use GPS Trackers to Schedule Reminders

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