Routetracker

slimeball

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Doe's anyone know if Wilson is putting ROUTETRACKER in all of the trucks? Iv'e seen them in most of the container division and a few of the linehaul trucks . ROUTETRACKER is a onboard gps device that keeps realtime of the vehichles performannce and location.If you are curious as to what it is do a WWW search on ROUTETRACKER.The eye in the sky maybe on YOU.:hide:
 
We are using a system called Magtek in 6 tractors in Richmond that haul cigarette loads for Philip Morris because of the value of those loads. This device allows us to know when a truck is off route due to being hijacked. We are automatically notified and we can bring the truck to a complete stop via computer satellite communication no matter where the truck is. This is something that Philip Morris is requiring their carriers to have.

Also, we received 10 Turnpike responders to test on a trial basis. These are being used in the Container Division at ths time. This will allow us to track the different mileages being driven in each state for fuel tax reporting purposes. It does have GPS technology and can provide a tractors performance, hard braking, speed, and a few other things. It can also be used for electronic logging purposes for the drivers. We are going to test it as well but only with one road driver initially. If there is value in using this with all drivers we could eventually roll it out across the board. We need to make sure it does a good job and is driver friendly.

Right now we are just testing some of the technology that is available to see if it is a good fit for us.
 
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