February 16, 2022 4:42 pm
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
GPS trackers can be an enormously useful tool for tracking a stolen car and a great way to keep tabs on the people you love, but it’s almost never a good idea to install them in a conspicuous place. After all, you don’t want a car thief to find your tracker and disable it. You don’t want a rebellious teen to be able to defeat your GPS monitoring system, and you may not want an elderly parent in cognitive decline to know you monitor their movements. Even if you trust the people you let drive your car, every GPS tracker... View Article
January 18, 2022 5:22 pm
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
Chances are that you have seen a television ad something like this: A civil injury lawyer is standing on top of a truck. The lawyer spouts some statistics about injury accidents involving 18-wheelers. The numbers flash on the screen. Big numbers. These are the settlements the lawyer has obtained for clients in federal court after injury accidents involving trucks and cars. The truth is, there are about 3700 drivers and passengers in private cars who die in crashes with trucks every year. About 700 truck drivers die in crashes every year, too. Almost any fatality crash involving the driver or... View Article
December 23, 2021 6:23 pm
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
GPS fleet tracking can save you money. But beyond the cost savings made possible by GPS fleet tracking, the right GPS system can help you avoid breakdowns and late deliveries, improve your management relationship with your operators, and increase customer satisfaction. Challenges for Managing Your Small Fleet Fleet managers of all kinds of vehicles, ranging from off-road vehicles to 18-wheelers, face three basic categories of management challenges: safety, efficiency, and accountability. GPS fleet management enhances asset security Some security challenges of fleet management are obvious. Fleet managers need to know where their vehicles are at all times. They need to... View Article
October 27, 2021 4:26 pm
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
For a while, it seemed like car theft was going the way of the horse and buggy and the payphone. In the late nineties and the early 2000s, car theft rates were plummeting. In many parts of the USA, car theft rates had plummeted by 60 percent. Chop shops and criminal car exporting operations were going out of business as more and more stolen cars were recovered by the police with information from GPS tracking systems. Then, in the first six months of 2020, the FBI reports, car theft rates bounced back by about 9 percent. Car theft rates in... View Article
October 27, 2021 4:24 pm
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
Most modern vehicles already collect large amounts of operational data through onboard computers and sensors. However, that data is rarely accessible to fleet managers in a useful way. GPS fleet tracking with telematics bridges that gap by combining location tracking with vehicle diagnostics, driver behavior monitoring, and operational insights. While standard GPS tracking shows where vehicles are located, telematics-enabled fleet tracking systems provide deeper information about how vehicles are being driven, how they are performing mechanically, and how efficiently the fleet is operating. Key Takeaways GPS tracking shows the real-time location of vehicles or assets. Telematics combines GPS location with... View Article
