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Trailer Tracking

Valor System — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:45:38 +0000

Belleville – MI. The Valor System announced its new released of two new asset/trailer tracking units.

The VS50 is a small, self container battery powered asset tracking device that locates your equipment, containers or generators everyday, for up to three years on its battery. Made of impact resistance plastic and with its low profile design the VS50 is an affordable ass. tracking device that will impact your company’s bottom line.
The VS282 is a small, self contained battery back up device, that connects to your heavy equipment 12 volt electrical system and tracks every 30 minutes when the trailer/equipment is moving and has a 7 day battery back for when the unit is not plugged in.

Low start up cost on both units makes the Valor System the choice for those companies needing to track their equipment.

Teen Drivers Banned From Using Mobile Phones in California

Valor System — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:15:28 +0000

The law bans teenagers from using an electronic device, such as cell phones, pagers, laptops, and handheld computers, while behind the wheel. By Antone Gonsalves InformationWeek Starting next summer, California teenagers can be fined for talking on their mobile phones while driving. Signed into law Thursday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the bill by Democratic state Sen. Joe Simitian bans teenagers from using an electronic device, such as cell phones, pagers, laptops, and handheld computers, while behind the wheel. Violators would be fined $20 for the first offense, and $50 for each additional offense. The law takes effect on July 1, 2008, the same day that a law requiring all drivers to use hands-free devices while talking on cell phones takes effect. The second law carries the same fines, and both provide exemptions for emergency calls. The law targeting teens is tougher than the hands-free legislation because supporters believe teens are too inexperienced to multi-task while driving, “The simple fact is that teenage drivers are more easily distracted,” Schwarzenegger said in a statement. “They are young, inexperienced, and have a slower reaction time. We want to eliminate any extra distractions so they can focus on paying attention to the road and being good drivers.” Cell phone use is a leading cause of distracted-driver accidents in the state, according to the California Highway Patrol. Car crashes in general are the leading cause of death among 16 to 20 year olds, accounting for 44% of teen deaths in the U.S. About 6,000 teenage drivers or passengers die each year in car crashes. While representing 6.3% of the nation’s licensed drivers, teenagers account for 13.6% of fatal crashes, according to the governor’s office. A 2004 study showed that drivers age 16 to 19 have a fatality rate that’s four times the rate of drivers 25 to 69. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia ban the use of wireless communication devices by new and inexperienced drivers. The National Transportation Safety Board has urged all states to adopt such prohibitions. Not all studies, however, agree on the dangers of driving while using a cell phone. A recent study by two University of California, Berkeley, graduate students found no correlation between mobile phone use during weekday evening driving and car crashes. The American Enterprise Institute for Regulatory Studies published the findings.

New Study Reports

Valor System — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:41:11 +0000

“A study published in December 2007 by the Aberdeen Group noted that adopting location-based services results in the following improvements:”

· 13.2% reduction in fuel costs

· 19.2% decrease in miles traveled

· 13.4% reduction in overtime costs

· 27.4% improvement in fleet utilization

· 26.1% improvement in workforce utilization

· 23.8% improvement in service response times

Is it time you look closer at tracking your vehicles?

Why Track Your Fleet?

Valor System — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:10:05 +0000

Excessive idle times
Poor driver routing
Personal or unauthorized vehicle use
Late start to workdays or excessive lunch breaks
Gasoline theft
Moonlighting
Speeding and unsafe driving practices
False or exaggerated overtime timesheets
Theft of company assets
Liability risk

How GPS Tracking Can Help Your Company

Use digital GPS fleet tracking to see where your vehicles are every minute on your PC screen. Get instant alerts on your email or phone. Set geofences, speed limits and more. Lower your fuel costs and increase productivity. Our easy‐to‐use web interface let’s managers have all their critical fleet information with the click of the mouse. Companies realize an ROI within weeks of using the system simply by the positive change in driver behavior. Other uses and benefits included:

Monitor Gas Cards / Gas Purchases: Let’s face the facts‐‐fuel is an expensive business cost at any price, and some employees try to cut corners and cut money out of your bottom line. Can you afford even one employee stealing $20 in fuel every week ($1040/year) from your gas account. That’s $1040 you could put in your own gas tank! This is another area where questionable purchases can be tracked and verified with our easy‐to‐use GPS fleet tracking software.
Dispatch: The system allows dispatchers to send drivers to more jobs without the cost of more vehicles. Routing becomes easier and more efficient. The advantages to your dispatchers are valuable and immediate.
Driver Accountability: Drivers now have a way to verify customer visit times and work completed. This offers them a reliable way to track their progress and protects them (and you!) against customer complaints. Further, there won’t be anymore “gray area” when an employee or customer disputes time spent on the job.
Customer Service: Your customers will benefit from increased accuracy, faster status reporting, detailed billing information, and fewer delays in arrival time. These are just a few of the ways your customers and your employees will enjoy GPS tracking. “You can’t manage what you don’t measure”. Nothing is more true than when discussing a business with a commercial fleet. Waste and inefficiencies come in many forms including:

Fleet Tracking: Cost VS Cost Savings

Valor System — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:54:20 +0000

With the down turn in the economy, the question arises of the ROI of GPS Fleet Tracking.

Small business owner, feeling the pinch in lower sales may question do I want to spend the money and track my fleet vehicles.

Here are a couple of things to think about.

Fleet productivity seems to increase once the drivers know that they are being watched. “We have seen a reduction in overtime and an increase in productivity” says Bob Richter, plant manager of Ryan’s Auto

Idle time. This has been the biggest eye opening area of Fleet tracking. Customers are seeing trough new eyes what exactly is happening once their trucks leave the premise.

With our fleet idle calculator, you can see just how much fuel is being wasted just from the idle time. A typical truck can waste one gallon of fuel during idling. If you trucks idles for three hours during their deliveries, then you driver unknowingly can be wasting $14.00 a day in fuel. If that be the case in a year time you could be wasting over $3500.

Valor System Reviewed on WholeSaleCentral.com

Valor System — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:24:01 +0000

Wholesalecentral.com recent article on the Valor System. http://www.wholesalecentral.com/GPS-Tracking-from-Valor-System.htm Take a look and see what they have to say.

Tracking Elderly Parents

Valor System — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:50:49 +0000

As the Baby Boomers prepare for retirement and are looking where to live after the work day is done.

One issue keeps nagging at them. What to do with my elderly parents. They still want to be active and live on their own – going to the grocery store or taking a drive or walk in the evening. We shudder to think as they maintain their “freedom” that first signs of dementia start to creep into their lives. Maybe they forget where they parked, or which interstate they are on, it starts to happen. Offer them a way to keep active and giving you the “Peace of Mind” of knowing that at any time you can log on or dial up their Personal Tracking Unit and know where they are. With the 24/7 support line, help is as close as a SOS button away.

New products with new technology give you confidence for your parents. You may not be able to ride along with them, but now you can.

Tracking your children with the Personal Tracking Unit

Valor System — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:47:29 +0000

The personal tracking unit now gives parent the ability to track real-time the location of their child. it uses the latest in GPS tracking Technology and can locate the child within ten feet of their location. with the SOS button, parent can be notified of a “panic” situation with a text message in as little as 15 seconds from the time the button is pushed. Think about the walk to school, or the trip to the mall. every day children are targeted by predators. This item can be used as a listen in device. giving parent the ability to “hear” what is going on once the panic button is pushed. In today world, we need a device to help us keep our children safe.

Valor System Joins Dropship Magazine

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:07:54 +0000

Teen Tracking

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:58:14 +0000

Belleville, MI – August 22, 2008 — It’s ten o’clock; do you know where your children are…and how fast they’re traveling? The Valor System can help you rest assured that you know the answers to these two questions. Since its inception, the driver’s license has been a rite of passage from the teenage into the adult years and has always struck terror in the hearts of parents. We understands this concern and has made it their mission to replace this terror with a sense of calmness. Seems impossible? Imagine if you had the ability to instantly know the location of your car and child and how fast she traveled to get where she was going. This is exactly what the Valor System will do for you and your peace of mind. Technology that was developed for the United States Military is now available for families; offering a comfort and tranquility uncommon in parents of teenage drivers. The Valor System is an automated vehicle tracking and control system that uses today’s GPS (Global Positioning System), wireless communication and Internet technologies to keep you in the know. The system follows vehicle movement – anywhere in North America, at any time – and generates an online location report of the vehicle’s last known position, including the street address if available. The printable report includes the amount of time the vehicle was at a location, the speeds en route and the direction in which the vehicle was traveling. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute, “Teen drivers have the highest crash risk of any age group. Per mile traveled, they have the highest involvement rates in all types of crashes, from those involving only property damage to those that are fatal.” Many of these crashes result from inexperienced drivers operating vehicles under dangerously excessive speeds. With statistics like these parents owe it to themselves to know how fast their children are driving, especially if high rates of speed are often the reason for serious accidents. The Valor System doesn’t just give parents crucial information; it puts parents in the car with their child — at all times. The next time 16 year old Johnny considers testing the maximum speed of the family mini van, he may think twice and decide he’s not ready to pay the consequences once he pulls into the driveway for the night. It would be nice if we as parents could always be with our children when they are driving. Realistically that is not possible, but the Valor System offers the next best thing and you don’t even have to listen to that “noise” that Johnny calls music. Careless driving is only one of the aspects that cause parents undue distress. The other is not knowing where our children are once they have left our house. Safety Track takes this wondering out of your day and night. At any time, parents can log on to www.valorsystem.com and access a detailed map showing exactly where their car is located, providing their child has not left the North American continent. Try visualizing the feeling you will experience when you can see for yourself, from the comfort of your home computer, that Susie is at the high school basketball game and not out at the local fraternity party. Not only that, but you will be informed of the time she left the game as well. The Valor System literally gives back to parents some of the needed relief and control they lost when their teenager received the dreaded driver’s license. The Valor system is now extremely affordable for the average family. The peace of mind that it will bring to you and your family is well worth the price you will pay for the system itself. Each system includes a 2″ x 1″ x 4″ receiver that is installed out of sight under a vehicle’s dashboard. Installation is simple and easy. If you are technologically challenged, a mechanic can have this installed for you in no time. The benefits of the Valor System ring true to all parents who have decided it was time to put their minds at ease about their teenage driver. They rest easy because they have helped ensure the safety of their children. Oh, by the way, did we mention that the Valor System could help lower your auto insurance?