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Goodyear to raise prices 6%

By Nikol Hillman, on September 3rd, 2010%

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 Nikol Hillman, on August 27th, 2010%

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?

By Nikol Hillman, on July 29th, 2010%

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?

Where are your trucks?

By Nikol Hillman, on July 22nd, 2010%

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

By Nikol Hillman, on July 19th, 2010%

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!

By Eron Iler, on July 10th, 2010%

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!

Listen to our podcast “Fleetistics”

By Eron Iler, on July 2nd, 2010%

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”

Spring Cleaning With GPS Vehicle Tracking?

By Nikol Hillman, on May 5th, 2010%

Spring is in the air, finally; for most part of the country. The birds are chirping again, the grass is starting to grow, and people are getting out and enjoying the wonderful weather. If you own a company you know this all too well…time off requests come in by the handful, sick days suddenly get used . . . → Read More: Spring Cleaning With GPS Vehicle Tracking?

What is GPS? A simple overview from the US Airforce

By Eron Iler, on April 14th, 2010%

Fleet Vehicle Abuse – My favorite topic.

By Eron Iler, on March 31st, 2010%

Must be a company boating trip. ;0)

Vehicle abuse is an underlying reason for the deployment of GPS tracking. It’s the “big brother” component of vehicle tracking that some companies embrace and others deny. The reality of the technology is that it allows management to view all vehicle activity, good and bad. I’ve always said the . . . → Read More: Fleet Vehicle Abuse – My favorite topic.

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