District court judge, Katherine Forrest, ruled it does not violate fourth amendment rights to use GPS tracking on cabs to ensure customers aren’t overcharged. The same technology that lets riders pay with credit cards also tracks the beginning and end of every trip, location, and number of passengers. Last year, a taxi driver sued the […]
“MyStop” is a new program launched in South Bend, Indiana, using GPS devices to track school buses and allows parents to check on bus arrival times and routes using an app on either a smartphone or computer. For some students, this means waiting in the warmth of their home instead of out in the cold. […]
Summer 2014 will see a new fleet of cars emerge from GM: ones equipped with LTE, a new app platform, and an in-car modem–meaning all data will come from the car itself rather than users needing to pair the car with a phone. The app platform, a joint venture between GM and OnStar, a subscription […]
Residents of Milford, MA will be on the roads faster than most this winter thanks to new GPS Systems installed in the city’s snow plows. The Highway Department had money in the budget to equip 50-70 privately contracted snow plows with the new units. Highway Surveyor, Scott Crisafulli, elaborates on the efficiency of the new […]
In October, a panel of three judges unanimously agreed that a GPS tracking device on a vehicle put in place by police would be considered a search under the Fourth Amendment. However, the panel split 2-1 when deciding if evidence gathered was admissible in court under the good-faith exception, which would exempt the evidence from […]
Actress Ashley Judd has filed a police report accusing her sister Wynonna of placing a GPS tracking device on her silver Mini Cooper. What information Wynonna was trying to gather remains unclear, although in a document filed with the Franklin Police Department in Tennessee, Ashley suspected it had to do with an “ongoing custody battle” […]
British GPS company, Bluetrack, is reporting record sales of its BOND GPS tracking device. The device, like its namesake, is designed to track covertly and efficiently and has quickly become a favorite among parents with new teen drivers. BOND is waterproof, easily attaches to the underside of a car, and utilizes wireless charging technology with […]
The Boston Police Department is moving forward with a plan to install GPS devices in every patrol car to increase efficiency when dispatching vehicles. However, officers feel GPS monitoring devices are invasive and provide unnecessary, invasive information about their personal lives. The Boston Globe reports: “No one likes it. Who wants to be followed all […]
The St. Petersburg police department appear to have taken a page right out of James Bond’s playbook, in an effort to be more effective in tracking criminals in a high speed pursuit. During a high speed chase, a sticky, GPS tracking cannonball can be fired from a mounted cannon on the hood of a police cruiser […]
RLH Fire Protection designs, installs, inspects and repairs fire suppression systems throughout California. They operate a fleet of 50 vehicles throughout their regional offices in Bakersfield, Pleasanton, and San Francisco. RLH purchased FieldLogix back in 2010 because they had concerns about inaccurate time sheets, leading to excessive labor costs, as well as challenges in supervising […]
Believe it or not automobiles capable of human trasport have been around for over 200 years now! Since the advent of the automobile, engineers and designers have been focusing on ensuring our comfort and safety mostly be implementing automation and greater efficiency technologies such as automatic door locks, check engine light, self-parking, seat belt reminders, […]
Intuitively, you know that the faster you drive, the more gas you burn, but do you often wonder about about what that trade-off really is? Recently, three engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have calculated the answer to this question. For example, if you drive 60 mph on your next trip, […]
Clean Cities, a Department of Energy initiative that started 20 years ago, is made up of a number of regional coalitions that work with public and private fleets to help ease the transition to alternative fuels. Clean Cities also helps fleets that aren’t ready to make the switch to alternative fuels by offering information on emerging […]
According to the 4th Quarter 2012 Business Expectations Survey, carriers will continue to be very conservative in replacing their fleet equipment over the next year. There is an increase in carriers planning to acquire 11% to 25% of their tractor fleets, 60% of the smaller carriers and 45% of larger carriers indicated they were going […]
In 2008, the City of Boston upgraded its public works vehicles to enable GPS tracking devices to be used throughout the fleet. Since snow plows were considered unlikely to be stolen, none of the 600 plows were equipped with GPS units. “The GPS program was not explicitly designed to be an anti-theft measure, like LoJack,” […]
A quick thinking car jacking victim used his vehicle’s GPS tracking system and his laptop computer to lead police to the suspect, according to North Jersey Police. Stalin Guzman, 24, of Paterson, New Jersey, was walking to his car when he saw a man on the street. They made eye contact and the suspect allegedly […]
Hiring a new fleet driver can be risky. As an employer, you entrust the new driver with your company vehicle and assume he will maintain good driving habits and represent your company positively. As one FieldLogix customer recently found, not all new hires are worthy of that trust. Melanie White of AirEconomics described their situation […]
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. […]
