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This is one of a selection of general interest articles relating to the application of GPS tracking.
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Vehicle Tracking
Accurate Vehicle Tracking Can Cut Costs and Protect Vehicles from Theft
We are all used to CCTV cameras in our streets as a deterrent against crime, but there are also ways of tracking vehicles and they can be useful for many reasons, not only when a vehicle is stolen.
The secret is GPS (Global Positioning System) technology, which works by using satellites in space, which track a signal from a GPS tracking device that has been installed in the vehicle.
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Vehicle tracking can be linked to a mobile phone or to a computer and allows anyone who wishes to check the vehicle's location and its speed from signals sent back from the unit at regular intervals that can be set to as little as a minute apart.
While signals can be interrupted if the vehicle enters an underpass any loss of signal for an exceptional length of time would immediately sound an alert that something was wrong.
Companies using GPS on their vehicles can benefit in many ways that keep costs down, ensure employees are doing their jobs properly and use their vehicles efficiently. It makes calculating the time each job should take more precise and that then helps a company to become more efficient.
Examples of the sorts of companies that would find a GPS tracking system useful include taxi firms, to monitor the time drivers take to reach a booking and deliver the customer to their destination. Delivery companies, too, would benefit for similar reasons, especially when drivers are sent out with an itinerary to complete and controllers have some idea how long each should take.
Theft of vehicles can be a problem, especially theft of containers and lorries and tracking a vehicle would alert controllers if it did not reach its destination. It would also pinpoint the location of the lorry when it left its route, making it easier for the police to search for the stolen goods. In the case of robbery GPS makes it possible to pinpoint the location of the robbery of an armoured truck.
It is not only lorries that can be vulnerable to theft. There is a lucrative market in stealing luxury cars, often to order for shipping abroad. The GPS can be set to move within a defined area so that if it then moves outside that area it will be obvious something is wrong. Owners of expensive cars can install a tracker, and "activate" it in case of theft so that the owner can find out where it is.
The activation mechanism can also be useful for controlling fleet movement and ensuring drivers stick to their routes.
There are less immediately obvious benefits to using vehicle tracking. It can help improve driver behaviour and encourage them to drive in a way that encourages them to control their speed to the rate that is most economical on fuel.
Personal security may also benefit if a driver has to go somewhere alone outside daylight hours and their vehicle is tracked to its destination. It would be a benefit to people like care workers, nurses and doctors who are often called to remote places at night when someone is taken ill.
While many of us might be irritated by the way every moment of our lives now seems to be watched, perhaps controlled and there seems to be little privacy, there may be times when we are glad of the new technology and safety provided by GPS.