GPS Tracking

An Unfortunate Turn of Events for CJR at Kingsport

Unlike the scene at most short tracks on the UARA-STARS circuit, numerous cautions did not surface at Kingsport Speedway on Friday night during the 150-lap main event. Mooresville, North Carolina native Cory Joyce utilized his short track racing experience and cleanly raced his way into the top-10 with the checkered flag in sight.

Though the majority of the evening wasn’t filled with cautions, a tangle between teammates in turn three with less than 10 laps to go left a blocked race track and produced damage to the front of the No. 20 LandAirSea Chevy Impala. The result was a broken radiator and a 16th place finish for Joyce.

Rolling off 11th, Joyce slid back at the beginning of the night and clicked off laps in a comfortable position, hoping to avoid traffic and trouble. Long green flag runs helped Joyce pick his way through the traffic to get back towards the front and he soon found himself back within striking distance inside the top-10.

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Back to Short Track at Kingsport

Returning to UARA-STARS competition this weekend at Kingsport Speedway in Kingsport, Tennessee, rookie contender Cory Joyce is looking for redemption after a bout of bad luck in the first three races of the season. Generating solid runs in all of the events thus far this season, unfortunate circumstances have hindered the 20-year-old from posting a finish that reflected his performance. The Cory Joyce Racing team hopes that the fresh venue on the recently re-opened Kingsport Speedway is just the place to turn the season around.

“We really don’t have the finishes to show for how hard we’ve worked and the fast car we’ve had,” Joyce said. “Anything can happen on a short track like Kingsport, but hopefully we can qualify towards the front and stay out of trouble.”

The Cory Joyce Racing team has had a few weeks to regroup from Rockingham and used the time off to their advantage. Though Joyce has not visited the concrete .375-mile oval prior to this weekend, he will carry a wealth of short-track knowledge into Friday night’s event.

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Suspected Cigarette Thief Chooses to Represent Himself

Keith Lamont Hill, 55, who was a suspect in a string of regional cigarette thefts, was convicted in a jury trial on Tuesday in Rustburg, Virginia. What makes this case apart from a normal burglary/theft case is the fact that Hill chose to represent himself rather than having a lawyer represent him.

Hill has also been charged for cigarette theft in 3 other counties – Botetourt, Franklin and Campbell counties and the cities of Salem and Lynchburg – and in each case he has chosen to represent himself. And as of Tuesday’s ruling, in he now stands convicted in all but Lynchburg.

Hill’s case is drawing even more attention due to the fact that in 2010 law enforcement officials attached an unwarranted GPS tracking device on his personal vehicle in order to monitor his movements. The ruling against Hill is significant in this case, because of a landmark Supreme Court case, involving the prolonged use of unwarranted GPS tracking technology to monitor  a suspected drug dealer in the Washington, D.C. area. The Justices agreed that utilizing such a device without an official court issued warrant, violates an individual’s Constitutional rights, which protects against unreasonable search and seizures.

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GPS Tracking Collars Used to Gather Data on Polar Bear Travels

According to new data collected from GPS tracking devices, polar bears have the ability to swim for days, covering hundreds of miles of open water at a time. The reason the longer underwater treks? Researchers suggest that the long swims appear to be a response to declining summer sea ice in the Arctic.

Floating masses of sea ice provide a crucial habitat for polar bears. From there they hunt for prey, which are primarily seals. However, the recent years of global warming, resulting in higher temperatures, especially over the Arctic, have brought significant declines in sea ice cover for the polar bears. Scientists are concerned that this decline is causing bear cubs to drown on long swims and creating similar issues for walruses, who also depend on the sea ice.

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DA BULLS!

We here at LandAirSea Systems, based out of the quaint suburb of Woodstock (Illinois), are passionate about our Chicago sports teams. We love ‘Da Bears,’ and can’t wait until the new NFL season starts, especially with all the prospects acquired through the draft last week.  We’re still loyal to the Cubs, even though it’s been way too long since they’ve won the pennant. And of course, we can’t leave out our beloved Bulls – home of the legendary Michael Jordan, who is arguably the greatest NBA player of all time.

Things were looking so good for the Bulls until this past weekend. They were first place in the Eastern Conference, with the best record; they were able to win a significant number of games without their superstar player, who has been sidelined throughout the season with various injuries; they got the matchup they wanted in the first round of the playoffs; and Derrick Rose seemed to be back in tip-top shape to lead them to the title.

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Think Twice Before Entrusting Your Car to a Stranger

Most of us feel a little anxious whenever we hand the keys over to someone else. Our cars are one of our most valuable and most frequently used assets. We use it to drive to work, for leisurely trips, for recreational purposes and even romantic endeavors. Some of our best memories have been created in our cars. And so it can be somewhat nerve-wrecking to hand the keys over to someone, let alone a complete stranger.

And yet this is precisely what we do whenever we entrust our cars over to valet drivers and paid parking lots. In the back of our minds, there’s a slight sneaking suspicion that the drivers will take our beloved cars for a little joyride before actually parking them, especially if it’s one of those rare exotic sports cars.

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Download the Free SilverCloud iPhone App

LandAirSea Systems, a leading manufacturer and developer of passive and real-time GPS tracking systems, is please to announce the launch of its new SilverCloud iPhone App.

This mobile vehicle location management application allow owners and users of the SilverCloud and SilverCloud Sync real-time GPS tracking systems, the ability to view and monitor the precise location of their assets or vehicles, whether it’s a single vehicle or an entire fleet of vehicles, from anywhere conveniently on their iPhone and/or iPad.

With the SilverCloud iPhone App, users will be also able to monitor the speed of each vehicle and the battery life of each device simply by tapping on the vehicle icon located on the map.

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About the GPS Tracking Key

The GPS Tracking Key Pro is a small, pocket-sized and portable passive GPS data logger. The internal computer accurately determines the GPS location of the device within 2.5 meters and records detailed travel activities every second.

The next generation GPS Tracking Key Pro has all the features offered by the Tracking Key, but with a convenient on/off switch to help conserve battery life when not in use. Powered by just 2 AA batteries, it also offers up to four weeks of active driving time, twice the time offered by the original Tracking Key, as well as the ability to function with virtually unlimited power through an optional hardwire kit.

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Tech Support via Email, Online Chat and by Phone

LandAirSea Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer and developer or GPS tracking systems since 1994, now offers 24-hour technical support to help troubleshoot and answer any questions that may arise regarding their passive and real-time GPS tracking devices.

The large majority of fleet vehicle and delivery services, such as limousines, taxis, large freight trucks, and food catering services operate around the clock to meet the needs of their customers and clients. And likewise LandAirSea, wants to be there to provide around the clock technical support for its full line of GPS tracking systems.

To contact LandAirSea’s technical support department, simply email them at support@landairsea.com or call them at any time on their support line at 847-462-8100. They also have a live online chat to help answer immediate questions online.
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The Not So Fast and Furious

Law enforcement officials in Los Angeles were able to recover a missing 2010 black Ferrari belonging to local exotic car rental business. What seemed on the surface to be a simple car theft case, may actually turn out to be an elaborate car smuggling operation.

Eric Blumberg, the owner of an exotic car rental business, Rent-In-Style, noticed something was wrong after renting out the Ferrari to what seemed to be a legitimate customer. The going rate for renting that particular black Ferrari was $2,000 a day.

“In the cars we have a few different tracking systems in place,” Blumberg said. “I found that this car wasn’t moving for a few days so that’s rare because of the costs per day.” Usually, people rent exotic cars for special occasions with the intention of driving it as much as possible. However, in this case, the car had not moved for a period of a few days – that’s $2,000 down the drain each day.

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