GPS Tracking

Keeping the Public Informed

 Every year, millions of vehicle owners around the nation fall victim to automobile theft.  Although those living in more affluent and historically crime-free areas of the United States may believe they do not have to concern themselves with the threat of vehicle theft, the truth is that no area and no vehicle is off limits to prospective auto thieves.  Every year, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NCIB) releases Hot Wheels – a list of the 10 most stolen vehicles in the United States and a comprehensive analysis of vehicle theft data obtained from law enforcement departments nationwide and submitted to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).  With the overall number of vehicle thefts continuing to decline domestically, the NCIB points to the ubiquity of GPS tracking technologies as a core component in ensuring that everyday drivers do not become a statistic.

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Business Uses of Devices Show the Way

No Longer a Nice-to-Have Technology – Now Mandatory

Technology is being deployed into more places in our society than ever dreamed possible.  In fact, if it were not for some of the uses and implementations, it is not a stretch to say that businesses in our economy would be in worse shape and many more would have closed their doors by now.

Proof is in the Numbers

Farfetched reasoning?  Not if you consider the following ways that GPS Tracking is impacting businesses.

Fleet Operations Management.  Is there a better tool for monitoring and managing fleet operations?  Name one system that has had the kind of impact on this type of business.  Maybe the cell phone, but even at that, it does not provide location information.  Being able to turn your operations on a dime during business hours to better serve your customers is made possible by the use of GPS Tracking systems.

Greater Control over Assets.  It used to be that once your vehicles left the business site, you were in the dark about how they were being used and where they were going.  The effect on control alone has been a great advantage for businesses who are trying to squeeze every possible penny of profit from their business that they can.  Not to mention the ability to be able to recover from theft in a matter of hours rather than days, weeks, months or maybe never.  Insurance companies, too, are throwing their weight behind these tracking devices to by offering reductions in insurance premiums. (more…)

Everyone is familiar with tracking and navigation systems on boats: the radar and monitor systems one would find at the central controls along with the captain, who is a professional hauler, a fisherman or perhaps just a hobbyist.

It should come as no surprise then, that much of that equipment in the wheelhouse today is based on Global Positioning System technology. When a boater wants to know with certainty where he is going, where he has been and how the electrical and mechanical systems on the craft are fairing, he will look to GPS tracking (together with the boat’s own system controls) for those answers. When an owner wants his boat protected from theft, he relies on GPS tracking to watch over his considerable investment.

In maritime use, a live or real-time vehicle tracking system is the recommended solution. Real-time GPS tracking uses radio signals from satellites to determine the exact position of an object on earth: on land or water. If there is an incident of theft, the GPS tracking system will immediately show the owner -  visually on a map and in latitude and longitude coordinates -  where the boat is or where it has been taken. (more…)

There’s no denying that statistics about teenage drivers are grim.  Sixteen year-olds are involved in accidents at least six times more often than drivers between the ages of 30 and 59.  And car crashes remain the leading killer of people between the ages of 15 and 20.  And by adding your 16 year-old son to your auto insurance policy, you are generously helping to finance your agent’s vacation.

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