What would you do if your car had just been stolen? Take out your phone and call the police? Sure, you could that, but what if instead of asking authorities for help you simply sent a text message? Moreover, what if that SMS went straight to a hidden device inside your car and immediately immobilized the vehicle's engine?
True, the thieves could still get away, but you'll know at least that you have good chances of recovering your stolen vehicle.
This anti-theft solution is the latest service offered from Kenyan entrepreneur Kelvin Macharia Kuria, founder of Nairobi-based car security company Sunrise Tracking.
Pest control companies are using fleet tracking to gain insight into their fleet’s activity and solve their most difficult business challenges. Fleet tracking solutions, like GPS Insight, can help your pest control business provide proof of service, prevent labor fraud, improve route efficiency, enable quick response times, and more.
Industry-first OEM telematics solution built specifically for the way that law enforcement vehicles are driven
Ford Motor Company and Telogis have partnered to develop a solution built specifically for law enforcement agencies in order to safeguard against hazardous driving, identified as the No. 1 threat to officer and civilian safety[1]. Available in early 2015, the new solution builds on the success of Ford Crew Chief powered by Telogis, the existing commercial vehicle telematics program, but was developed to deliver data that is specific to how police vehicles are driven – for instance when responding to emergencies or while in pursuit and the vehicles’ sirens and light bars are activated.
It seems like every other day, news breaks about a recall on millions of cars that, if left unaddressed, could prove deadly.
There are two months left in the year, but 2014 has already broken the record for most auto recalls ever. As of October, automakers had issued recalls for an estimated all-time-high of 56 million vehicles in the U.S.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) lists 29 separate auto manufacturer recalls thus far in the month of October, and the agency released a special consumer advisory this week, alerting the owners of 7.8 million vehicles that they should take “immediate action” to replace dangerously defective airbags.
Teen drivers often make dangerous choices due to a lack of maturity, a penchant for taking risks, and inexperience behind the wheel. As a result, traffic crashes are the leading killer of teens in the U.S.
But parents and other adults can help.
That’s the message behind the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) “5 to Drive” campaign that aims to raise awareness about the critical role adults play in developing safe teen drivers.