GPS solutions for Coach Lines offers much, much more than simple navigation and tracking. The possibilities are almost endless:

• Real Time Tracking - by every turn as well as pre determined time intervals
• Monitor - speed, idling, stopping
• Monitor Hard Braking/Hard Cornering/Hard Acceleration - for those times when you require facts to prove or disprove an allegation or customer complaint
• Geofence creation (reports on entering or leaving and sends alerts)
• Calculate your Fuel tax while travelling in the USA
• Monitor Engine diagnostics - such as RPM's, transmission and engine temperature and Send Automatic Alerts in real time (low battery, other vehicle related problems). In the case of an engine problem that needs to be dealt with immediately, an alert would be sent to the bus company dispatch in real time. At the end of the day for those buses returning to a central bus yard, each bus engine diagnostics would be automatically downloaded at no additional cost via WiFi to the shop foreman's computer without requiring anyone to go out to the bus and plug into the onboard engine computer. In the case where the bus is parked away from the bus yard each night, the engine diagnostics would be downloaded via WiFi when it appeared at the bus yard for routine maintenance such as oil changes.
• Reports - vehicle history, mileage, exceptions and more - view and/or print with options to customize
• Maintenance management system with notification & work orders - Schedule your buses for regular maintenance and have reminders sent to your computer prior to the shop visit and then print a work order. Keep a maintenance history on your fleet. Maintenance & Manage Costs - with automatic alerts to upcoming routine maintenance and alerts to onboard maintenance issues in real time before a breakdown you can become more efficient and economical.
• View more than one vehicle at a time - Keep track on screen of multiple buses as they move throughout the day
• Ping Vehicle for immediate location - can ping a bus to determine the exact location at any given time throughout the trip
• Routing - We provide a route planning package to suite the client's needs or tie into existing routing software.
• Dispatching - We can dispatch from our system or tie into dispatching software
• Search by day or group of days to view travel history
• Enter landmarks such as constant pickup or drop off locations, routine destinations or others
• Track driver hours re: current legislation and send alerts
• Remote unit firmware upgrading - firmware can be upgraded remotely from our office without losing valuable on road time
• Sensors to monitor doors/emergency exits and luggage compartments - sensors to monitor and send alerts if doors or luggage compartments are ajar
• Panic button for driver linked to activate video camera if trouble on bus - for those times when visual proof is required of situations taking place on the bus, sends an alert followed by onboard video camera footage in real time to a predetermined location for viewing and storage or notification of authorities.
• Panic button for driver to request assistance - in the case of a mechanical breakdown
• Track bus if hijacked and activate emergency shutdown- GPS will track the bus in the event it is hijacked and lead authorities to the bus. The first time the bus stops or is stopped the driver can hit a panic button that will shut down the bus and prevent it from starting.
• Automatic notification if bus in an accident so emergency response can be sent
• Monitor brakes while on the road and send alerts when potential problems detected so they can be serviced.

Duo Communicaitons Option:

Options - With Smart Display:

• Electronic Road maps and directions for the drivers - Give your drivers the added safety feature of electronic road maps with routes especially useful for those school buses used for charters as they venture into new areas.
• Two way messaging to and from bus - Send those important messages to the driver and give the driver the ability to reply or generate a message when they are stopped or parked. Have a traceable record of all messages sent or received.

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