…..  However, there are still loopholes in this respect, said the official. Vessels must be equipped with GPS (global position system) for the transportation of highly toxic chemicals, the official said, adding that special vehicles are also required to be equipped with GPS for land transportation, the official said….  Full Article Here:

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Blue-Collars sleep, shop on the job. Two-day Gazette stakeout observes many hours wasted, not one pothole filled

WILLIAM MARSDEN, The Gazette
Published: Saturday, February 25, 2006
You ask why your municipal taxes are so high? Just follow a couple of work crews around the city. We did - and what The Gazette found would make most bosses [...]

Navigation nightmare on a desert road

A real-life scare points out how the new computerized systems, while useful, can’t steer you out of every jam.
By Ralph Vartabedian, Times Staff Writer
December 21 2005

Interstate 15 was a parking lot on Aug. 14, as Marty Callner was trying to drive [...]

The Swedish National Police Board has selected Sepura as the exclusive supplier of TETRA radio equipment that the Swedish Police will use on RAKEL, Sweden’s new national TETRA radio network. Sepura products will be supplied and supported via Swedish Radio Supply (SRS), Sepura’s in-country distribution partner. This decision follows the recent announcement by Swedish authorities [...]

Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — Los Angeles police have surrendered to their city’s obsession with televised car chases. They’re hoping now that new technology will mean safer pursuits, fewer accidents and even fewer getaways.
The LAPD will become the first department in the U.S. to adopt a Global Positioning System device to track fleeing [...]

Today’s post is a bit on the high tech side, but you may want to wade through a little of it, just in case you have any interest in where all this GPS, GPRS, Internet, VoIP, Blue Tooth and heaven knows what other technologies are coming along.

Today it’s not uncommon at all for a car [...]

When you’re on the prowl for a new pizza joint, where do you go to find one?
On the prowl for a pizza joint or any other business it is more and more likely that computer users are going to go online, rather than thumbing through a fat yellow book … or Yellow Book … imagine [...]