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Fleet Tracking System – 10 Ways To Save Time and Money

Fleet tracking systems are designed with one primary goal: to save business managers time and money.
1. Increased Profits and Performance

Access to vehicle efficiency and driver productivity data helps a company manage the costs related to fleet operations. There can be a significant reduction in employee overtime costs and driver down-time; reduced maintenance costs directly affect the bottom line. Plus improved route efficiency and fleet metrics allow for expanding customer base. Fleet tracking saves approximately $5,484 per employee annually.

GPS Tracking Devices Reveal 5 Out of 6 County Employees Behaving Badly

Supervisors secretly placed GPS tracking devices on the county-owned cars that the engineers drove, and were shocked at the abuse they uncovered.

RFID in School Uniforms Tells Parents When Kids Cut Class

RFID chips in the uniforms let the tracking system know when children enter and leave school and it sends a text message to their parents’ cell phones.

Obama Discusses Record-High Gas Prices With AAA

On Thursday, AAA had the opportunity to sit down with President Obama, following his speech on energy issues in Cushing, Oklahoma, to discuss the topic of rising oil and gasoline prices.

Gasoline prices across the United States continue to rise. On Tuesday the current national average price for a gallon of regular self-serve gasoline is $3.90. This price is six cents more expensive than one week ago, and 27 cents more expensive than one month ago. The national average price at the pump has now risen for 18 consecutive days and has only declined on three of the past 60 days.

The President outlined the two key issues that have pressured prices higher this year: tensions with Iran and increasing global demand for crude oil. Bearish developments for oil prices on both of these issues last week were seen as the primary stories pressuring prices lower.

U.S. Gas Prices Up 27 Cents in 30 Days

Gas prices are six cents more expensive than one week ago, and 32 cents more expensive than one year ago. Prices have risen for 18 consecutive days.

GPS Tracking System Cleans Up City’s Trash Routes

The GPS tracking system helps drivers take the most efficient routes, which helps cut city’s fuel costs, plus it prevents double dipping and can verify complaints.

Tracking Devices In Construction Materials To Catch Thieves

The home builder secretly placed a GPS tracking device on a stack of construction materials at one of his building sites. He left the materials out in the open as bait, hoping it would lure the thieves into his trap.

Homeland Security Proposes Immigrant Tracking System

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to launch a biometric data tracking system to monitor when immigrants leave the United States. A top department official told a House Homeland Security subcommittee Tuesday that the plan will be finalized and presented to Congress within weeks.

The tracking system will keep tabs on which immigrants are leaving the country and when. Homeland Security has been hoping to launch the tracking system since before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but opponents said the system would be too expensive.

Man Uses GPS Data To Get Out Of Speeding Ticket

Driver got clocked by a cop going over 40 in a 25 mph zone. His GPS data said he never topped the 25 mph speed limit, so he fought the ticket in traffic court.

Cut Fuel Costs With FieldLogix’s GPS Fleet Tracking System

Despite this year’s record high gas prices, a GPS fleet tracking system can absolutely help to reduce your fuel costs.

Albertina Kerr Saves 1,100 Gallons of Fuel with FieldLogix

At first Albertina Kerr Centers was unsure if a fleet tracking system would really help him cut costs, but he quickly realized how valuable the tracking system is.
According to Keil Southworth of Albertina Kerr Centers, “Our fuel usage dropped by 1,100 gallons the first two weeks after installing the FieldLogix fleet tracking system. The following two weeks our usage went back up 400 gallons but still was 700 gallons under our average.”

Bethenny Frankel Lost at Sea When GPS System Goes Out

Reality TV super-star Bethenny Frankel and her husband, Jason Hoppy, were lost at sea in September 2011 after a sailing trip went incredibly wrong.

Many people suggested that the event was staged, that the boat’s GPS system never went out – until this week when the ordeal aired on Mrs. Frankel’s reality TV show “Bethenny Ever After.”

This week viewers were able to see that the event really did happen, and it was quite a crazy experience for all involved.

Bethenny and Jason, along with her therapist, a Bravo film crew, and one other couple, were aboard a sailboat headed to Nantucket, Massachusetts. The boat was struck by a huge wave, causing the GPS system on the boat to malfunction.

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