Vehicle Tracking Systems

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GPS Tracker Helps Police Catch Man on Burglary Spree

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olice in Spokane, WA recently used a GPS tracking device to solve at least one recent business burglary. The suspect has been linked to more than 40 burglaries in the area. All the robberies targeted tattoo shops, hair and nail salons, and other types of businesses.

Witnesses reported seeing and hearing a Ford Bronco with a loud muffler. Local police and patrol officers had made several stops on a Bronco that matched witness reports and linked the vehicle to Robert Frates. Detectives then placed a GPS tracking device on both Frates’ Bronco and a Chevy Lumina. One of the vehicles was tracked to several locations in Airway Heights and investigators later learned that those locations had been burglarized.

More Gas Price Increases Expected Through September

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According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA):

The recent rapid increase in spot crude and gasoline prices has led to a significant rise in retail product prices. Motorists currently experiencing a jump in pump prices will likely see further increases from now through the spring since the recent increase in crude oil prices has not yet been fully passed through to gasoline prices.

EIA expects the retail price of regular-grade motor gasoline to average $3.56 per gallon in 2011, 77 cents per gallon higher than the 2010 average and about 40 cents above the projected price in the previous Outlook. EIA projects gasoline prices to average about $3.70 per gallon during the peak driving season (April through September) with considerable regional and local variation.

Gas Prices Reach Highest Price Ever in Month of March

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Today the US average for a gallon of unleaded gas is $3.584, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report. Gas prices have risen 4 cents in the past week. Gas prices are up 74 cents from one year ago. Prices are at their highest level since 2008, in part because of the Japan earthquake and turmoil in the oil-producing Middle East. Gas price reached the highest price ever recorded during the month of March, according to ABC News. The state averages for a gallon of gas topped $4 in California, Alaska and Hawaii.

Oil futures settled today at $103.98 after reaching a high of $105.76 earlier in trading. On Friday, oil futures settled at $105.40 a barrel, the third consecutive day above $105, according to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group.

Continuing unrest in Libya as well as other North African and Middle Eastern countries has led to the highest crude oil prices since 2008. As a result, the US Energy Administration has raised its forecast for the average cost of crude oil to refiners to $105 per barrel in 2011, $14 higher than its previous price estimate.

200 Trucking Companies Sued Over GPS Patent Rights

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Over 200 trucking companies were named as defendants last week in a lawsuit filed over patent infringement for GPS-based vehicle tracking technology by PJC Logistics. According to recent legal documents filed in 8 federal court districts across the US, PJC Logistics LLC is claiming to be the sole owner of the GPS vehicle tracking technology patent, and that other users of the GPS vehicle tracking technology are doing so without legal permission. PJC Logistics is claiming that each of the carriers they are suing either “uses or directs others to use its electronic location-based fleet management and tracking system in its fleet of vehicles.”

211 trucking companies are named as defendants in the lawsuit, but many more companies are reported to actually be using the fleet management technology. No one knows why certain companies are being targeted, while others are not. The legal documents do not disclose the basis for selecting carriers.

Increase Productivity With New Fleet Management Tech

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Would you like to improve customer service, reduce your operating costs, have more control of your employees and assets, and “go green” by reducing your vehicle emissions? There are a number of cost-effective solutions available to help fleets increase productivity, improve driver safety, and ensure fleet operations run as efficiently as possible.

A telematics-based GPS fleet management system can increase the profitability and productivity of any company with mobile employees, vehicles or other mobile assets. A growing number of fleets are turning to GPS tracking systems as the most cost-effective tool to curb excessive idling and other fuel-inefficient driver behaviors.

Verizon Inc. successfully reduced fuel costs by curbing unnecessary engine idling, according to Automotive Fleet. Verizon estimates unnecessary idling costs the telecommunications company about $20 million annually. Verizon uses a combination of GPS tracking and employee education to curb unnecessary engine idling.

Gas Prices Rise Over 38 Cents in One Month

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Gas prices are high and are expected to stay that way for the next few months. A gallon of regular gas in the averaged $3.549 on Monday March 21, 2011, almost 38 cents more than one month ago, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report.

Gas prices have steadily been on the rise. One month ago, gas prices were at $3.163. One year ago gas prices were at $2.820, which is 73 cents less than today.

One week ago, gas prices were at $3.558 so prices have eased up a bit over the last few days

Student Sues FBI Over GPS Tracking Device

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A lawsuit was filed last week against the FBI and US Dept. of Justice by Yasir Afifi for secretly hiding a GPS tracking device under his car without a warrant. The lawsuit says this was a violation of his civil rights. The lawsuit was filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Afifi’s behalf. They are seeking compensation, an injunction, and a decision saying that any use of GPS tracking devices without a warrant in the US is unconstitutional.

Afifi is a 20 year old college student who lives in Santa Clara, CA. He claims he has not been involved in any suspicious activity, and there is no way the FBI would have a valid reason for placing an inconspicuous GPS tracking device on his vehicle. He is now suing the FBI for secretly placing the GPS tracking device on his car.