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Section 179 Provides BIG $$$ Incentives…

Businesses to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment purchased or financed during the tax year

Invest in GPS and Fleet Management and receive a generous tax break designed specifically to help companies invest in technology and their business. Section 179 of the IRS tax code allows businesses to deduct [...]

Today the Valor System introduced their latest in their GPS Fleet Tracking Family of products.

The Fleet Management System has the ability to track vehicle in real time, with updates of 2 minute standard. The Tracking unit can be connected to a LED screen to give real 2 way messaging to the drivers. You can even connect [...]

In today’s economy, it is getting more difficult to reduce operating cost.  High insurance cost, higher fuel cost can drive small businesses to their knees.  Many small business, wanting to reduce these and other expenses look for ways that they can have insight in what is actually going on in their business.  From employees taking [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

 

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s ten o’clock; do you know where your children are…and how fast they’re traveling? This has been an age old worry for parents of teen drivers. With today’s new technology, it is much simpler than you think.

Steps

1.     First determine the type of tracking system you will need for tracking your teen driver.
2.     There are [...]