Driver Watch Systems Blog

I just left one of the major electronic box stores here in my hometown, I had to buy a new alarm clock (the old one stopped waking me up for some reason!) and it cost me $35.00.  That’s right I paid $35 for a clock!

Let’s take a look at what I got for $35: a clock, an alarm, an AM and FM radio… I think $35.00 is a lot for a clock.  Now in comparison with something that I know well, let’s look at GPS vehicle tracking.

For less than what I paid for the alarm clock I could receive the cost savings provided by tracking a commercial vehicle for the period of one month.  For under $35 I would get the award winning software of the OnlineAVL2 from Navman Wireless.

Contact Driver Watch Systems today to learn how you can get this money savings software for less than the price of an alarm clock!

Driver Watch Systems is happy to announce a new relationship with the Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. The main goal for the AFAA is to be the foremost industry advocate organization dedicated to improving the quality, reliability and value of Fire and Life-Safety Systems.

Their members include individuals and companies in the fire prevention and safety/security industry.  They come together to influence building codes and safety that benefit the fire alarm industry.  They pride themselves on a direct link to research that provides a safer environment for us all.

A member benefit has been arranged for those members of the AFAA, contact us to learn more about these savings.  To learn more about The Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. please visit www.AFAA.org.

To learn more about how much time and money can be saved with the use of GPS vehicle tracking and our award winning fleet management software contact us here.

At Driver Watch Systems we know how much communicating with your drivers and vehicles can cost.  It can get really expensive really quickly and you may never know it until the bill hits your desk for your approval.  That’s why we offer the Navman Wireless MDT-860 at a fixed cost it is a better, faster and cheaper way to communicate.

Navman Wireless MDT-860

The Navman Wireless MDT-860 provides:
• Low-cost two-way text messaging
• Communication with one or all fleet members at once
• Quick, accurate information
• Status or free text messaging
• Customer-selected preset replies
• PC-based message dispatch software
• Compact size
• Easy, reliable installation

With the MDT-860 will be receiving a reliable and effective way to communicate and receiving true value for your investment!  Contact us to learn more about the MDT-860.

It’s out, and it’s nice!  Navman Wireless has released the brand new M-Nav 750 for sale or lease through Driver Watch Systems.  It’s smaller than the 650, it’s lighter than the 650 and it does more than the 650!  Sound to good to be true?  Absolutely not, it does everything our customers want and need:

• Communicate with your drivers with our two way communication via text.
• Send computer aided routing directly to your drivers.
• GPS directions can be optimized for truck routes.
• Commercial grade device.
• Receive overspeed alerts when speed limits are being exceeded.
• Gives you the ability to maximize your vehicles day in and day out!
  

  M-Nav 750 by Navman Wireless, brought to you by Driver Watch Systems.

Having the M-Nav 750 coupled with Navman’s award winning Online AVL2 your business will be never have run so efficienlty.  Contact us today to learn how this device can help your business.

Driver Watch System would like to congratulate Navman Wireless NA for receiving a very prestigious award at the 2009 Telematics  Detroit Conference and Exhibition show this past week in Detroit.  Navman Wireless’ OnlineAVL2 won an award for Best Telematics Service & Application for Commercial Vehicles.

The Online AVL2 by Navman received the first runner up award and beat out other systems by Garmin, Qualcomm, NetworkFleet, Sagequest and Tom Tom, the winner in the category was a fuel saving system installed on select Daimler Trucks.

Businesses are realizing that Navman Wireless NA is here to make a difference, they are providing a great product and helping our customers realize the savings they have been looking for.  Navman’s numbers have grown greatly in the past year and that is a direct result of our hard work and also our economy, if businesses are to survive they must cut costs and implement systems to help achieve that goal.

As T.J. Chung, CEO of Navman Wireless Holdings, states, “The value of OnlineAVL2 in helping control fleet costs and increase fuel economy is indisputable.  It is why we are rapidly gaining market share.  This award reflects the ability of our fleet management solutions to deliver that concrete return on investment and truly make a difference in the bottom line.”

Congrats Navman!

For a demonstration of the award winning OnlineAVL2 contact us at this link.  Or you may download the software here, we can provide the password at your request.

There are many things to consider when your are making the decision between a hardwired GPS vehicle tracking system and a hand held GPS tracking device, such as those in cell phones.

First off you must consider what it is you want to track.  Do you want to track your vehicle or do you wan to track your employee?  With the hand held devise you will be tracking a person, a person with the capability of  leaving it in a McDonald’s or accidentally turn the devise off for about and hour or …7!  With the hand held device you are tracking a person who may decide that they don’t want to be tracked any longer and erase the application that allows them to be tracked.  The hardwired system stays in the vehicle and out of the drivers way so that it can not be turned off, and if a person decides to do just that then device will report that is has be powered down!

Secondly, the cost is always a consideration.  A hand held GPS tracking device in a cell phone will probably be cheaper, at first, only because most popular cell phones will last about 1.5 to 2 years.  Of course that depends on the people using them.  My personal experience with my employees show that the 1 to 1.5 year mark is about it for a cell phone’s life.    You can expect 5 to 7 years out of a hardwired GPS tracking device, because it is not in and out of a vehicle 10 times a day or on an off a tool belt 15 times a day.  So in the long run you are only purchasing one hardwired unit for every 3 to 4 cell phones.

Lastly the accuracy of a dedicated hardwired GPS unit is about 99% while the handheld is closer to 55%.  That means less reliability and more occation for doubt to be brought up between you and your staff as to their whereabouts an any given time.

Remember you get what you pay for, if you pay for a cell phone you get a cell phone.  If you pay for a tracking device you get a tracking device.  And for the best you can get a Navman Wireless GPS tracking device for your entire fleet here with Driver Watch Systems.