In today's economy business owners evaluate many ways where they can cut costs to stay in business and actually make a profit. With all the options for GPS tracking out there it was no wonder it wouldn't be long before the cell phone companies made it available to their customers and compete with the larger tracking companies.

It has both pros and cons for business applications and we have dug a little deeper in getting both sides of the story. From a business owner standpoint, most phone tracking units appear to be more cost effective in the short term than a hard wired GPS tracking device.

In the long term it's back to not managing the employees effectively since they are easy to disable, not as reliable, supply less data and less detailed reports makes it a less effective tool for the employer.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued stringent new braking standards that will save lives by improving large truck stopping distance by 30 percent. NHTSA estimates that the new braking requirement will save 227 lives annually, and will also prevent 300 serious injuries. It is estimated to reduce property damage costs by over $169 million annually.

The new standard requires that a tractor-trailer traveling at 60 miles per hour come to a complete stop in 250 feet. The old standard required a complete stop within 355 feet. The new regulation will be phased in over four years beginning with 2012 models.

The new rule should speed up the introduction of the latest brake technology into America's freight hauling fleets and will help truck drivers avoid collisions with other vehicles. The new rule applies only to truck tractors, and does not include single-unit trucks, trailers and buses.

The latest statistics from NHTSA show that large commercial vehicles continue to show a decrease in their involvement in fatal crashes. In 2008, 4,229 people were killed in crashes involving large trucks, down 12 percent from the 4,822 deaths recorded in 2007. (Read More)

Contracting out installation services saves you money be decreasing the amount of time it takes to get the equipment installed. Most customers take 30-60 days to install GPS units when an installation contractor will do it in a few days. This allows the ROI to begin much sooner and the benefit almost always higher than the cost of what it cost to pay an installation contractor.

CP-2

The CP-2 in a navigation and GPS tracking device wrapped into one lightweight, highly portable unit packed with features. It offers real times web based tracking with 10 second updates for greater tracking capabilities along with not having to supply a separate navigation unit for your employees.

With no installation costs, it offers the ease of portability between vehicles. Send text messages to users when they are off course, or add a route to their day with ease. You can set parameters, times of use, speed and other alerts for each driver. With no long term service agreement and the many features available, the CP-2 is the ideal choice for outside sales reps, Fire / Rescue applications and any service industry corporations.

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