GPS — Safer — More Profitable — Can We Get The Lead Out!
Here’s an excerpt from as recent FMCSA report:
Technology — specifically GPS and wireless communication — can increase HazMat safety and security. However, the cost-benefit ratio is the subject of ongoing government discussions and regulatory studies. In the United States, Federal hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5101) directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish regulations for the safe and secure transportation of hazardous materials in commerce. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is working to improve truck and bus safety and to reduce HazMat security risks that could harm the public and environment. Full Report is Here
Now of course as taxpayers we all pay for these kind of reports, so by all means take the time to read it all if you’re interested. To my view it can all be summed up this way:
And this way:
Now I’m not a Harvard MBA or even anything close, but I think that most anyone with the brains to run a lemonade stand on a 110 degree day can figure out that the benefits (read profits) far, far outweigh the costs of GPS tracking systems. Actually, you don’t have to trust government charts. Qualcomm, the “big frog” in the GPS tracking market has probably the priciest units and the most costly monthly plans. I don’t even recommend them to folks, the technology is old-fashioned and they operate with what is (in my opinion, of course) a very shaky satellite system …. BUT … they have well over 400,000 subscribers and their growth has been steady over the past few years. 400,000 hard-headed trucking executives can’t be wrong.
So track your trucks with the market leader, track your tucks with a newer, better, faster, cheaper product, but get off your duff and track them. The nation will be safer, your business will be more efficient and your wallet will be fatter.