Trafficmaster is a large fleet management and vehicle tracking firm. The company is a UK based company. Vector capital has just finished the process of buying the company for a staggering $145m which equates to about £92m.
While vehicle tracking has grown significantly in recent years, many companies running fleets of vehicles still do not have vehicle tracking. While it is true that not all companies with a fleet need or can benefit from vehicle tracking, many can.
As we have mentioned here on VehicleTrackingSystems.org.uk many times before leasing is becoming a thing of the past for vehicle tracking. The problems is for lease underwriters to recover the money when someone defaults on their payment or the tracking company goes bust and the customer is no longer willing to pay the lease has [...]
Citroën are now adding anti theft tracking systems from Trafficmaster to all their LCVs. This is probably in a move to make their vans look a more attractive option than their competitors. The tracking system will give their vans added security. They are also adding satnav to all vehicles as well.
The NHS are now a fantastic example of how vehicle tracking can save fuel. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals have made a significant reduction in the size of their fleets. In fact they have made a 20% reduction in size. This has led to the fleet covering 200,000 miles less a year. This obviously has saved [...]
Tracker are a top anti theft tracking supplier and they have said that the cars being recovered by stolen vehicle tracking are much the same type of cars being stolen a years ago. Tracker said that of all the cars they track BMW X5s are the most popular car to be stolen. These cars are [...]
Navman have now released an application for your iPhone so that you can view your entire fleet via your iPhone. This obliviously relies on the fact that you already have vehicle tracking with Navman. Previously if you had vehicle tracking with Navman you would be unable to view the tracking data when you were out [...]
Quartix which is one of the major players in the GPS vehicle tracking business and one of the vehicle tracking companies which has been affect least by the recession has said that 50% are of their pay as you go vehicle tracking product.
Break is a charity which helps give support to the victims of road accidents and also helps campaign for safer roads. It was started in 1992 by Mary Williams. A division of Break entitled The Fleet Safety Forum are now urging fleet managers and business owners alike to get vehicle tracking systems installed in their [...]
A 999 call is made regarding a road traffic accident; it’s a life or death situation. To get to the scene as quickly as possible the crew needs to know the quickest route possible,