The number of industries that use fleet management software is staggering. Many business owners believe they have no need to use this kind of technology to improve efficiency, boost profits, and even to increase customer satisfaction.

These are just some of the industries that use fleet management systems, like the fleet tracker OBD, today.

Roadside Assistance Crews

Of course, this can be a catchall term that involves several other types of crews on the roads today such as:

• Highway repair crews
• Snow removal service crews
• Towing services
• Pothole repair crews

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Inflatable holiday decorations are used for a variety of holidays, including Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. They bring good cheer to people who live in the homes they decorate as well as those who drive around and look at them.

They are an investment homeowners and renters alike make in the entertainment and delight of the community. They are also a fun way for you to flaunt your holiday good cheer. Unfortunately, as many homeowners are learning the hard way, they are also a tempting target for the occasional Grinch who likes to rob entire communities of their holiday joy.

Sometimes these real-life Grinches will target multiple homes within the same neighborhood robbing lawns of inflatable holiday decorations and more. But there are things you can do to fight back. One homeowner’s security camera recorded a neighbor’s decorations being stolen and one of the neighbors is fighting back by making her lawn a less attractive target by nailing down items that can be nailed down and installing GPS tracking devices inside her inflatable decorations.

How can GPS help?

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Smart cities sound like something science fiction blockbuster movies are made of. The truth is, they are here and now, and your city could be well on its way to becoming one. Smart cities are described as urban areas that use electronic data, gathered from a variety of collection sensors, to determine how to better manage assets and resources.

What sizes are smart cities?

The good news is that cities of any size can become smart cities. It has nothing to do with the size of the city, merely with the use of technology to manage and allocate resources. The use of technology can be used to do any or all of the following:

• Ease traffic congestion by planning new streets or widening existing streets.
• Reduce labor costs for garbage or mosquito truck drivers.
• Adjust the tempo of traffic lights to accommodate high-traffic flow at certain times of the day.
• Decrease fuel costs for municipal fleets.
• Reduce greenhouse emissions and take better care of the planet.

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