New Illinois Bill to Increase Truck Routing Safety
by Roxanne Laverty on Sep 14, 2011 |
 A new Illinois Bill, 1377, is set to make the Trucking industry a little safer and tech-savvy. Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation in hopes that it will increase truck safety. The terms of the Bill include ...
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Tags: truck, route, GPS, Illinois, bill, 1377, law, task force, DTRS, designated truck route system, state |
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Distracted Driving Law in Effect for Alberta, Canada
by Rebecca Pearson on Sep 1, 2011 |
 Today, September 1, 2011, a new law went into effect in Alberta, Canada. The Distracted Driving Law bans drivers from engaging in activities that take their focus off the road. The Government of Alberta passed the law to ensure driver's safety and prevent traffic accidents. ...
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Tags: distracted driving, hands-free, Alberta, Canada, law, mount, September, 2011, texting |
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Feds ‘Pinged’ Sprint GPS Data 8 Million Times Over a Year
by Kim Zetter, wired.com on Dec 1, 2009 |
 Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies with customer location data more than 8 million times between September 2008 and October 2009, according to a company manager who disclosed the statistic at a non-public interception and wiretapping conference in October.
The manager also revealed the existence of ...
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Tags: law enforcement, gps privacy, big brother, surveillance |
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Personnel, not technology, defective.
by Roxanne McManus on Nov 6, 2009 |
 GPS monitoring has become one of many procedures that police use with both high and low risk offenders. However, as of late there have been some questions raised on just how reliable this technology may be. The reliability of the satellites is not in question, ...
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Tags: gps, tracking, entourage, crime, offenders, law |
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Preventing Distracted Driving.
by Roxanne McManus on Oct 26, 2009 |
 This morning marks the day that Ontario law enforcement starts cracking down on distracted drivers. Currently there is a 3 month education period which allows drivers to become familiar with this new policy. During this grace period (up to Feb 1, 2010), most drivers will ...
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Tags: cell phone, distracted driving law, bluetooth, texting |
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Using GPS to detour a potentially dangerous trend.
by MICHAEL GORMLEY (AP) on Oct 16, 2009 |
 Garmin has the perfect response to a trend , involving truck drivers, upsetting officials and law enforcement in New York, it's their Nuvi 465T GPS. This GPS was designed with long-haul truck drivers in mind. Preloaded with City Navigator North America ...
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Tags: GPS, Truck, Trucker, Driver, New York, Nuvi 465T, law enforcement, USA |
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