Goodyear to raise prices 6%

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will raise its consumer tire prices up to 6% on Oct. 1.

The increase will encompass all of Goodyear’s consumer tire brands, including Goodyear, Dunlop and Kelly, says a Goodyear spokesman. The tiremaker is hiking prices in response to escalating raw material costs.

With that in mind… it’s time to review your fleet maintenance program, . . . → Read More: Goodyear to raise prices 6%

Do You Know What Your Drivers Are Really Doing?

By Mike Antich

Many fleet managers deal with drivers remotely because they manage nationally dispersed fleets. Most never meet the majority of their drivers. My question is: Do you really know who is driving your company-provided vehicles? Often the “at-work” persona of an employee is not the true indicator of their behavior when no one is watching. . . . → Read More: Do You Know What Your Drivers Are Really Doing?

Why Choose US as your GPS Fleet Tracking Provider?

People have lots of choices out there for everything. Just look anywhere and you see someone trying to get you to choose their company for whatever it is they are selling. Smaller purchases for everyday items don’t require as much in depth research as larger purchases,  but when you need to make those big purchases, . . . → Read More: Why Choose US as your GPS Fleet Tracking Provider?

Who is US Fleet Tracking?

This time I am trying a video blog to see how it goes. I’ve not done one before and watching yourself on video is quite tough. I’ll try 2-3 and see if I get better and get decent reader feedback. I hope you enjoy my take on US Fleet Tracking, one of our leading manfacturers.

Video blog . . . → Read More: Who is US Fleet Tracking?

Where are your trucks?

Over the July 4th Holiday, we decided to take a family vacation to North Carolina to visit some friends. On our drive up from Florida, I encountered many vehicle abuse situations where drivers were passing aggressively, speeding, harsh breaking, following to closely, texting or on the phone while driving, one guy was changing his clothes on . . . → Read More: Where are your trucks?

Tracking your Teen Driver with Live GPS Tracking

What is peace of mind worth to you? With a daughter approaching her teen years all too quickly, it leaves me wondering most days where my baby girl has gone.  She’s dreaming of cars and ugghh… boys has me scared to death to let her venture out on her own. Some say I’m that “over- protective . . . → Read More: Tracking your Teen Driver with Live GPS Tracking

Live View Tracking – 10 second updates!

Do you need near real-time GPS position information? If so our e*Track series of GPS systems offers some of the fastest update rates in the industry. A 10-second update rate is not for everyone because it is more expensive but there are specialty applications where the added $10 a month is not a concern because of . . . → Read More: Live View Tracking – 10 second updates!

SafetyTrack® Misleads Consumers

I know it is a competitive environment in this industry but the one thing all GPS providers need to do is keep their integrity in place. We recently found a competitor to be claiming or at least implying that they sold the fleet tracking system to the US Postal Service. This is clearly not true and . . . → Read More: SafetyTrack® Misleads Consumers

Listen to our podcast “Fleetistics”

If you didn’t know we have a podcast called Fleetistics where we explore anything fleet related. It can be found on iTunes and on online at www.fleetistics.com. We are always looking for topics so send us your . . . → Read More: Listen to our podcast “Fleetistics”

Is it wrong of me….?

"Keeping People on Course"

The other day I was making a day trip to another city about 250 miles away in my personal vehicle. I was cruising about 78 mph (just slow enough not to get a ticket) when I was passed by a company car doing about 90+ mph. Being in the fleet tracking business I could not let . . . → Read More: Is it wrong of me….?