It is common knowledge that the majority of the nation has a mobile telephone. Using signals from the phone you are able to track where a certain somebody is, should you need to. So why is it not beneficial for fleet companies to just use a mobile phone to track their vehicles?
There are many differences between mobile phone tracking and a vehicle tracking device. With mobile phones you have to rely on the fact that your employees phone is turned on at all times. No mobile phone is able to send out signals if they are turned off, this means it is the employee’s responsibility to remember to switch the phone on. With a vehicle tracking device there no responsibility to the employee as the device is always on, meaning the vehicle can be tracked even if the engine is off.
If you are using a mobile phone to track a vehicle then the mobile needs to be kept in the vehicle at all times, this is itself could be a security problem and vehicles can easily be broken into if a phone is on show. With a vehicle tracking system, the device is fitted to the vehicle, it devices tend to be really small and not very easy to detect.
So, there are responsibility and security issues when using a mobile phone to track a vehicle, issues that can be overcome if a vehicle tracking system is fitted in to the vehicle.
