Stolen Vehicle I was speaking to a customer the other day about their GPS tracking system and he told me an interesting story. He said that he had a stolen vehicle recovered because of his GPS tracking system. As a matter of fact he had two stolen vehicles recovered and almost one more. The third one had been stolen from a mechanics shop. It was not discovered for more than a week. The last location showed the vehicle or GPS unit (it had a backup battery) at what appeared to be a chop shop on a seedy side of town. Milo Fleet[Read More]

Do you know how much unauthorized use you have? If a company owns a fleet of vehicles there is a good chance that some drivers are using the vehicle for personal use. This could include running errands, going home during work, or worst of all doing side jobs. Most managers are aware of this, but have a hard time managing it. The unauthorized use is costly in time, money, and liability. If a company loses control it could cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars per year. Personal errands are a waste of company resources and expose the company to additional risk.[Read More]

Automate Mileage Reports Trucking companies need to calculate the miles each truck drives in their fleet for a variety of reasons. They need to keep up with routine maintenance, calculate trip cost, pay IFTA fuel taxes, and much more. Traditionally calculating mileage was a tedious, manual task. It often involved a paper, pencil, and clipboard. The driver would write the odometer at the beginning and end of his trip. Someone in the office would have to enter the data into a spreadsheet and then calculate the miles driven. This could take hours or days depending on the size of the fleet. The amount[Read More]

Easily Comply with Speed Limits on Drilling Sites Speeding on drilling sites is unsafe and expensive. Most of the roads on a drilling site are unpaved and  not safe at high speeds. To ensure safety drilling companies enforce speed limits on their properties. They tend to use security companies to monitor the speed of trucks operating on their sites. The companies often enforce compliance through fines and sometimes removal from the well site. As a contractor you are responsible for your driver's behavior. Unfortunately, it is difficult to enforce safety rules such as speed limits when you are not in the vehicle.[Read More]

Assign Driver to Vehicle In this lesson we are going to assign the driver you created in the previous lesson. Assigning a driver to a vehicle allows you to determine which person was responsible for a particular action. This is very useful when more than one driver operates a vehicle. 1. Click Vehicle. 2. Click the pencil next to the vehicle you created earlier. 3. Click the Driver tab. 4. Click Assign Driver. 5. Click Search. 6. A list of all drivers will be returned. 7. Click on the one you created previous lesson. 8. Click Assign. 9. Click Save. 10. Click on Group Name at the top of the screen. 11.[Read More]