Monthly Archives: May 2016

Dash Cam Records Head-On Collision

Dash Cam Video Evidence

Accidents happen everyday. They can cost the business thousands of dollars. As a business owner or manager a video record is the best evidence that you can have. It can help protect the business from catastrophic financial loss. In many cases the accident is not the fault of your driver. The only way to truly protect yourself is with video evidence.

Take a look at the video below from a dash cam. It captures a pickup truck crashing into a semi-truck. It is clearly the fault of the driver of the F-150. The accident happens at the 1:44 mark. A video record made a big difference this time for the commercial truck driver.

Video Cameras

We have a variety of affordable, commercial grade video cameras to match any need. Video cameras can provide peace of mind and accountability. Clear, high quality video can protect your business and lower your liability.

All of our cameras capture the driver as well as the road in front. It provides a great record of all of your driver’s activities. It can help prevent distracted driving, such as texting, eating, or talking on the phone.

To learn more please click here. Please contact us if you have any questions or want to schedule a free demo.

About Efficient Fleets

We are a full service GPS tracking company based in San Antonio, TX. We provide easy-to-use, affordable GPS tracking systems for fleets of any size. All of our systems are web based so you can monitor your assets from any where. Our solutions include GPS tracking, video cameras, and electronic logging devices (ELD). Please contact us at 888-777-4510 for more information or fill our our contact form.

Milo GPS: Verify Daily Mileage

Daily Mileage Is Easy

The Milo GPS tracking system is a great way to verify daily mileage. The system automatically calculates how many miles a vehicle travels each day. There is nothing you need to do. It is that easy.

Daily Mileage Report

Verifying mileage is important for several reasons.

Verify fuel consumption
Manage preventive maintenance
Prevent unauthorized use

If a vehicle is using too much fuel the mileage can tell you if the vehicle is being used excessively. Preventive maintenance is often tracked by mileage. Spikes in mileage could be an indicator of unauthorized use, such as side jobs or personal errands.

There are two ways to verify mileage:

1. Run the Daily Mileage Report

2. Info Box on the Tracking Page

Daily Mileage Report

The Mileage Report displays the miles each vehicle travels by day. The report is found in the Reports section. It is a powerful, easy to use report.

Mileage Report

You need to setup the report before you can view it for the first time. Click here to learn how to set it up.

Info Box on the Tracking Page

You can easily view the mileage from the Info Box on the Tracking page. The Info Box displays the mileage in two places.

Tracking Page

Info Box – Session

Info Box – Now

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need any help please contact us. We are available to answer any questions by phone or email.

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Milo GPS: Google Traffic and GPS Tracking

What is Google Traffic?

Google Traffic is current traffic conditions provided by Google. You can easily check the current traffic conditions in the Milo GPS tracking system. You can now see if your vehicles are stuck in traffic.

See the screen shot below to learn how to turn on the current traffic conditions.

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How To Create A Circle Geofence – Milo GPS

What Is A Circle Geofence?

A circle geofence is a virtual fence that can track when an item (vehicle, piece of equipment, or person) crosses the boundary. A circle geofence can be used in a variety of situations. For example, when you need to verify when a vehicle visited a customer. Another good reason is to prevent your drivers from visiting places that are off limits, such as their home, girlfriend/boyfriend’s house, favorite bar, etc.

Creating a geofence is very easy to do. Please follow the steps below to get started.

Create a Circle Geofence

1. Click on the Geofence tab.

2. Click on Create.

3. Enter an address into the Address box and then click on the Search button. Include the city and state for a more accurate result.

4. The Result from step 4 is the center of the circle. Click on the map with the left mouse button where you want the edge of the circle.

5. Click Save.

6. Enter a name. Then select Assign To Items In Groups and choose Both from the Action dropdown menu.

7. Scroll down the Geofence Editor. If necessary change the days and hours that the geofence is active.

8. Click Save. The geofence is now ready to start recording when a vehicle enters or exits the boundary.

Next Step: setup a geofence alert. This step is not mandatory, but if you want to receive and/or record an alert then you need to set one up. Click here to learn how.

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How To Setup An Alert In Milo GPS

Setup Alert

An alert is a notification of an event. You can setup alerts for events such as speeding, geofence violations, idling, etc. Click here to see a complete list of available alerts.

Alerts are useful when you want to receive a notification about an important event. For example, if you want to know when a vehicle enters or exits a geofence, which could be a driver’s home. You can receive the alert by email or text.

Follow the steps below to setup an alert.

1. From the Dashboard…click on the name of a group.

2. Click on Setup Alerts.

3. Setup the alert.

A. Select the alert trigger. In the example above I selected the Geofence alert. The options will change depending on the alert that you select.

B. Set the schedule. Place a check mark for each day that you want the alert active.

Note: set the Start Time to 00:00 AM and the End Time to 11:59:59 PM to make the alert active the entire day.

C. Set the display options.

Do Nothing (Default): no unique icon.
Show Message Icon: display a unique icon for this alert.
Show Alert Icon: show the alert icon that was set in the General Settings
Show Alert: Optional Response
Show Alert: Required Response

D. Optional: Set the delivery method. The alert can be sent to multiple emails and/or phones via text message. Click here for instructions on how to send the alert to a phone.

4. Click the Save button.