Modern technology has benefited businesses with fleet vehicles like yours in a number of ways: from helping to tell you when maintenance needs to be done to providing real-time maps and navigational tools for your drivers.

It can also help you to track your mileage. This can be beneficial to help reduce costs, knowwhen maintenance is due, and provide more accurate reports. Here are five reasons to use GPS fleet tracking for tracking mileage.

#1. Track Driver’s Whereabouts and Routes

Fleet tracking provides you with a tracking tool for all of your driver’s routes, locations, and driving habits in real-time. How does this help track mileage? By keeping a close eye on how your drivers operate vehicles and knowing which routes they take to reach customers or vendors, you can see where and when they might be wasting mileage. Read the rest of this entry »

There was an estimate of around 41.2 million 5 through 14 year old trick-or-treaters in 2013, based on data from the US Census Bureau. Keep in mind, this statistic does not reflect kids over 14 or under 5. Consider with over 115 million potential trick-or-treater stops for the year 2014 that is a whole lot of doors being knocked on by children who are unsupervised by parents.

With trick-or-treating just around the corner, there are some promising devices that will give parents peace of mind.

The GPS tracking device, which can be placed inside your child’s backpack is one of these devices as well as a solar-powered recharger, bullet-proof shield, and a text alert when your kids get home through a home security system. Read the rest of this entry »

Over $9.2 billion in trucking operational costs were added due to congestion on the Interstate highways of the nation in 2013. This statistic was based off research conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) which is a not-for-profit research institute for the trucking industry.

The ATRI used the financial data of motor carriers along with billions of GPS data points (anonymous) for calculating the delays and costs of each mile of the highway. It was found that there were more than 141 million hours of lost productivity. This is equivalent to more than 51,000 trucks sitting idle each working year.

The analysis done by ATRI additionally established the metropolitan areas, states, and counties that had the highest congestion costs. With over $1.7 billion in costs, California took the lead. Texas followed with more than $1.0 billion. At almost $1.1 billion, the Los Angeles metropolitan area had the highest cost while New York City came in fairly close with congestion costs of around $985 million. Read the rest of this entry »

GPS used to catch a thief

Construction company in Australia attempts to track down thieves with the use of GPS tracking technology.

Police in Adelaide, Australia recently revealed that they have been informed of several construction companies around the area that are taking the law in their own hands. These companies are tired of having appliances and timber stolen from job sites to be sold to private parties. So they wanted to do something about it.

They are doing so by using GPS tracking devices in loads of timber, in the hopes that when the timber is stolen, they can track down the thieves and get justice. Read the rest of this entry »

If your business has fleet vehicles, you may already be aware of how GPS trackers work. You likely use this technology for maps, navigation, and alerts. However, you might not have realized that the alerts and other functions of the GPS fleet tracking technology can actually help you with the upcoming fall fleet maintenance. Here are some ways to use GPS technology with your fleet vehicles.

Schedule Reminders With GPS Trackers

One of the biggest benefits to using GPS trackers for fleet maintenance in the fall is to use this technology to schedule maintenance reminders. You can program alerts and reminders into the device that lets you know during different intervals what maintenance tasks are coming up. This could be anything from filling up the fluids in the fleet vehicles to getting a tune-up or checking the brakes. You can have these alerts sent to you via text message or email. This will help keep your trucks in good condition with regular maintenance so you don’t have to worry about winter breakdowns. Read the rest of this entry »