There are a lot of things you need to maintain and keep up with when you have fleet vehicles. This includes getting a tune-up to check hoses and connections, making sure the fluids are always topped off, and checking things like the battery and tire condition. Speaking of tires, you also need to rotate them regularly. It can be difficult to remember to get the tires rotated on fleet vehicles, which is where GPS fleet tracking comes in.

The Importance of Rotating Your Tires

One of the biggest reasons you need to have your fleet vehicle’s tires rotated regularly is because tires don’t wear typically evenly between the front and back tires. While the back tires might wear evenly, but they wear slower than the front tires. Read the rest of this entry »

Many newer vehicles have advanced safety features, but a recent study conducted by the University of Iowa Transportation and Vehicle Safety Research Division indicates many drivers don’t know how they work.

In the study, more than 2,000 drivers were interviewed with a series of questions about the safety features of their vehicles. Many of them had heard of some of the safety features or possibly even interacted with some of them, but many others didn’t know what they were, how they worked, or how they would use them. Approximately 40% of the people surveyed said at least once they vehicle behaved in an unexpected way.

Some of the safety features mentioned in the study were adaptive cruise control, back-up cameras, blind spot monitor, anti-lock braking systems, rear cross traffic alerts, forward collision warning, lane departure warning, traction control, and automatic emergency braking systems.

Adaptive cruise control was one of the features that was understood the least, with about 65% of people not knowing what it was or how it worked. The next least used was the lane departure warning system, at about 36% of people. The survey also revealed that many drivers weren’t aware of the some of the safety features that have been in vehicles for a lot longer, such as tire pressure monitoring systems and anti-lock brakes. Read the rest of this entry »

The electric industry is a challenging industry when it comes to seeking out new ways to save money. Whether you’re a public utility, investor owned, or a cooperative utility cutting costs is a big deal to investors, customers, and the cooperative in general. The strict regulations electric companies face on local and federal levels, though, makes cutting costs a little more difficult. But, GPS tracking offers several opportunities for electric utilities to lower their operating costs. These are a few important examples.

Reduce Fuel Costs for Electrical Service Calls

This is the most basic reason to consider GPS fleet tracking. GPS fleet tracking updates more frequently than even the best of maps. This makes getting lost a thing of the past. Eliminating countless wasted miles. Additionally, GPS fleet tracking tools will reroute drivers around stalled traffic and accidents so that less time, and fuel, is wasted idling. Additional fuel saving features, such as notifications for drivers driving above designated speeds can stretch fuel budgets even further. Read the rest of this entry »

These days, GPS tracking devices are significantly helping fleet business owners to conquer many obstacles. Most fleet managers realize that GPS fleet tracking assists their business by making field process simpler to control, however, they might not know they also help with invoicing as well. Below are some ways GPS tracking simplifies invoicing.

Simplify Billing

It can be tedious and time consuming having to do the record keeping manually. These are important records, however, and without them, your invoices would only be guesses instead of facts from the actual job. This is why fleet businesses now rely more on GPS tracking. It helps simplify their record keeping tasks and invoice calculations.

Because the GPS fleet tracking system provides statistics to you automatically, the reports you get are more accurate. These detailed reports will assist you in figuring out how much each customer invoice should be. Billing becomes almost effortless since the statistics are recorded automatically. You don’t have to fuss with cross checking, solving math problems, or rewriting invoices. Read the rest of this entry »

Congress attempts to put a stop to unlawful usage of drones by tracking them with GPS tracking devices.

Drones encompass how far modern technology has come, but it also comes at a price. Drones are being used over sensitive and confidential areas where they should not be allowed. Due to this, Congress is hoping to track them so anyone using them for unlawful purposes can be tracked as well.

The intent to track drones comes shortly after drones have been found to be flying over the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora and other highly sensitive areas. The proposed law is being introduced by U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer.

If the law passes, all manufacturers of drones would be required to put geo-fencing technology in all drones. This would limit the locations that the drones would be able to go, stopping them from flying through restricted areas. It would include GPS trackers, firmware and built-in software. Read the rest of this entry »