There’s a reason why parents take their time to choose an excellent driving school for their teen. In general, teen driving is risky. And, you can clearly see how real this is by taking a look at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) statistics on teen driver crashes which shows there are three times more teen driver-related crashes than there is with drivers over 20 years old.

While you can’t control all drivers on the road, your teens can learn how to:

• Protect themselves from aggressive drivers
• Drive defensively
• Deal with heavy traffic
• Deal with changing weather conditions
• Avoid risky driving behavior like being distracted while driving, drinking alcohol or driving while fatigued.

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Electric scooters come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some are the perfect choice for sightseeing in the open air, others create energy efficient means to get around town, and a growing number help those who are disabled move about more freely. Whether you own one electric scooter, a handful of electric scooters, or you operate a fleet of electric scooters for rentals, GPS tracking can be extremely beneficial.

Track the Location of Missing Electric Scooters

GPS is, above all else, a tremendous tool for helping people locate missing items. Fitting your recreational or motorized scooters with GPS tracking means that you can track the location of your electric scooter if it is stolen, if tourists renting the equipment get lost, or if someone has taken it for a joyride and left it who knows where. GPS tracking can aid with scooter theft recovery and so much more.

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GPS fleet tracking can be a vital tool for your fleet. In fact, not using GPS fleet tracking for your vehicles can present even greater risks. These are ten of the risks your fleet could face by not using GPS fleet tracking. Read the rest of this entry »

Shared mobility fleets is a term that means different things to various organizations. It can refer to ride-sharing, carsharing, bike-sharing, and more. The gist of it is that you offer on-demand or as-needed mobility to people who subscribe to your service. If you own a shared mobility fleet, you need GPS tracking. These are just a few of the reasons why GPS tracking is so important for shared mobility fleets.

Track Location of Vehicles When Assistance is Required

Because your vehicles operate in the public space and, largely, out of sight, it is sometimes necessary to be able to locate vehicles where drivers may be stranded and in need of assistance.

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Carjackings on the Rise Amid Pandemic

NPR reports that the FBI does not gather numbers, nationwide, for carjackings, but individual cities do, and these cities are reporting an explosive uptick in carjackings as the pandemic still continues. In fact, Minneapolis reported 405 carjackings in 2020, which is more than triple the number for the entire year of 2019. What’s even worse, according to the NPR report is the fact that many of the suspects arrested in these events are juveniles between the ages of 11 and 17.

Minneapolis isn’t alone in this marked increase in carjackings. Other cities that have noticed sharp increases include:

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