GPS Tracking Tips, Guides & Industry News

Big fleets replace vans on a calendar. Small service fleets can't. Here are the three signals that tell you when a work van has become the expensive van.

A driver-facing camera tells you why a hard brake or near miss happened. Here's what it catches, what it doesn't, what it costs, and how a small fleet decides whether to turn it on.

Small fleets don't need a safety manager to coach drivers. Let an AI dash cam nudge drivers in the cab, then spend 15 minutes a week on one scorecard, one driver, one clip and one conversation.

New York HUT and IFTA both come down to miles driven in each state, per truck, backed by records you can produce years later. Here's what each requires and how GPS mileage-by-state reporting fits.

We checked 17 AI fleet dash cam providers. Seven published a price, two published enough to reproduce a full system cost, and only two let a five-vehicle fleet buy online.

What GPS tracking actually costs a small fleet in 2026, with real annual totals at 5, 10, 25 and 50 vehicles, why the advertised monthly rate is rarely the rate you pay, and a five-minute method for comparing two quotes.

Most company vehicle policy templates are written for an office with two pool cars. A service fleet's vans go home with the techs, which is where every hard question lives. Four clauses do the real work, plus the IRS qualified nonpersonal use vehicle rule most owners have never written down, and the full copy-paste policy text.

Installing a dash cam raises three separate legal questions, not one: video, audio consent, and whether the camera scans the driver's face. Here is what changes by state in 2026, and the Illinois biometric rule that produced a $3.95M settlement against a major fleet camera vendor.

Most contractors set their service call fee by looking at a competitor and landing a few dollars under. Here is how to build the number from your own cost, for HVAC, plumbing, electrical and appliance repair.