Managing fleet vehicles for your business requires more than just proper training of employees, maintenance of the vehicles, and acquiring new vehicles when the time comes. You also need to be careful about pollution. The unfortunate fact is that with heavy fleet vehicles can emit heavy pollution. Luckily, advanced technology like GPS fleet trackers can help a lot with reducing emissions every time the vehicle is on the road.

The Dangers of Pollution With Fleet Vehicles

Emissions come from any type of vehicle, but large fleet vehicles tend to give off more emissions than other vehicles. Not only due to their size and the type of vehicle, but because they are operated more often than the standard vehicle. There are different types of emissions to be aware of, including particles, fumes, and vapors, which are created from the gasoline. They can be released from the vehicle into the air, including nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. They are dangerous for one’s health and the environment in general. Read the rest of this entry »

Using a GPS tracking device to track a floating buoy, a Jacksonville University class of students gets to travel the Atlantic Ocean.

The oceanography class members are using this little device to learn where water goes once it leaves the St. Johns River, which is where the Jackson University Marine Science Research building sits.

Jeremy Stalker, Marine Science Professor, works here and teaches physical oceanography.

“They learn how water moves and why water moves in the oceans on a very large scale,” Stalker said about the oceanography students and project. “So we’re talking big currents.” Read the rest of this entry »

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 »