One night I got late at work and had to hire a cab back to my home.
Travelling through cab at this hour obviously made me anxious. All of a sudden,
driver got a call from his owner asking as to why he had exceeded the speed
limit. The driver was going over speed, indeed. My eyes searched for the device
to find out that it was ‘Vehicle Tracking System’ installed in the cab. I felt
so much relieved that there was someone who was overlooking us and thus the driver
would comply with the route. This incident drew my attention to the growing
popularity of Vehicle Tracking System’s in India.
A decade ago, this wasn’t the scenario. Over time, India at a great
speed has been exposed to new products and services which have enormously
changed the way India lives. One of them is Vehicle Tracking systems.
Vehicle Tracking System uses GPS (Global Positioning System) technology
in order to determine the comprehensive picture of all vehicle locations. To be
more specific, it comprises of a hardware device mounted on the vehicle that
collects the data and the software that analyzes the data.
In the last few years, Vehicle Tracking software has boomed the Indian
market and the prices have dropped considerably. This is good as it has helped
boost the competition.
Today, Indian market is flooded with Vehicle Tracking software’s. This
kind of software permits for fleet management, timing reference and asset
tracing also.
Vehicle tracking software provides you with the movement statistics,
stoppages, speed of the vehicle, mileage, fuelling details, route planning,
route deviation, and so on. Hence, Vehicle tracking system would be beneficial
in saving money on fuel (the system helps you select the shortest feasible
route and cut on wastage of fuel), controlling the number of working hours, scanning
of routes (planning the routes and consequently checking route deviations), increased
foresightedness (upcoming traffic problems, closures or diversions can be
foreseen and handled appropriately to avoid delays), decreasing collisions by
increasing the sense of responsibility (driver knows that he is constantly
being watched which make him more cautious), preventing thefts and more.
There is even more...some software’s even send an email or a text
message instantly when something not expected happens. Amazing, isn't it?
Most of the Vehicle Tracking solution providers are now coming up with
the ‘Mobile App’ option too for all the mobile ecosystems. So, now you have
Vehicle Control on the go using your Smartphone.
Gradually as the vehicle tracking system is gaining more and more
popularity in India, its applications are finding ways across all the
industries from Logistics companies to Educational Institutions, from Tour and
Travels to Corporate world. Government sector does not want to lack behind
either. So, departments like Police, Defence Services, Transportation,
Municipality, and others have also understood its significance and have started
deploying this system.
