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5 Reasons Why All Fleets Need Field Resource Management

Fleet management systems have been around a while and have become so complex that it has evolved into Field Resource Management. This article explores 5 reasons why all fleets need at least a basic Field Resource Management system.

FieldLogix CEO to moderate MobileCON Panel

San Diego, CA October 2, 2012 – FieldLogix, provider of an award-winning Green GPS vehicle and asset management solution for North American businesses, announced today that Yukon Palmer, Founder and CEO of FieldLogix, will moderate a panel of M2M industry thought leaders at the upcoming MobileCON 2012 as part of their new Thought Leadership series. […]

GPS Tracking Could Have Prevented Burglary, Crash

On June 15, the Uxbridge, MA, police received two calls regarding Patricia Malone, 46. The initial call was from her ex, reporting Malone violated a no-trespassing court-order, broke into and burglarizing his house. The second call was from officer Thomas B. Stockwell Jr., reporting Malone for erratic driving. She was driving on the golf course […]

Drinking While Driving Fleet Vehicles Increases

According to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study, statistics show 70% of deaths in drunk driving crashes in 2010 involved motorists with blood alcohol levels that were nearly twice the .08 legal limit.  More than half of employers don’t test company drivers for alcohol or drug use, according to a survey of more than 130 companies […]

C.A.F.E. Doubles Fuel Efficiency Requirements

A few weeks ago, the Obama Administration announced the finalization of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations. This initiative mandates that vehicle model years 2025 and later, meet or exceed a standard 54.5 miles per gallon efficiency. “This historic agreement builds on the progress we’ve already made to save families money at the pump […]

Smartphones Are Always-On Trackers

A British cell phone carrier recently surveyed smartphone users, asking for which purposes are the phones used. Telephone calling ranked fifth. More frequently cited activities included checking email, social media, listening to music, and playing games. Since phones are more frequently used for things other than making or receiving calls and are always used as […]

GPS Aids Police in Finding Stolen Truck and Thieves

Responding to a witness’ call about an attempted ATM theft, the Minnehaha County (South Dakota) Sheriffs started searching for the observed get-away truck. By the time the vehicle was found, it was abandoned. Police received another call. Midwestern Mechanical reported one of their trucks was stolen. Because Midwestern Mechanical equipped all its fleet vehicles with […]

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Tracking Students for Profit

Jay High School and Jones Middle School, both within the Northside Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, are using students as real-life test subjects to test RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. More than 6,000 students are a part of this test. The schools claim that monitoring the students’ locations is both a safety and a […]

Texting While Driving Laws Increasing

During the first year that New York has made texting while driving a primary offense, authorizing police to pull one over upon observing the violation, more than 20,000 citations have been given. That is an increase from the previous year’s 4,569 citations. To date, 38 other states, plus the District of Columbia, Guam, and the […]

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