Did you know that getting a GPS device is another way to go green and help the environment? If you already have a GPS, pat yourself on the back, because your car is less cluttered with the wasted trees of printed directions. As you know, most online map services serve up lots of printed ads along with the directions, so what often times should be one page of printed directions usually ends up as two or three.
Apply some simple math, and the environmental waste quickly compounds based on the above factor of ad-intensive print outs, and the number of steps it takes to get from your starting point to the destination. With the high cost of petroleum these days, taking the shortest route is a common practice, and one that reduces or completely limits the amount of highways included in your directions. This means lots of backroads, and turn after turn. Each left, right, or “follow” is an additional printed line of output. You’re saving gas, but 50 miles of shortest-distance directions might take more than five pages to print.
Sure, there are ways to get around printing long sets of directions. A common way is to print multiple pages on one sheet, but that really isn’t the safest practice. Squinting to read your printed directions while on a dimly-lit back road is a recipe for disaster.
The simple fact is that GPS is extremely affordable. Much like the paperless offices of today, we are now entering the world of a paperless car. With less paper and printing, we are helping the environment by not using a medium that is too often crumpled up and thrown away. Even the best and most often used directions end up getting coffee spilled on them, but a GPS device, well-positioned on your dashboard won’t have that problem. If it ever does, just wipe it off. To help save the environment one less sheet of paper at a time, check out some Great GPS Devices. Whether you are looking to buy your first GPS, or thinking about upgrading, it is worth your time.
By: Jeremy Lakota
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GPS Deals a Green Hand to the Environment
March 5th, 2010A GPS Auto Tracker Can Help
October 9th, 2009
Keeping up with your family can easily send you into a tailspin. Whether your son is going to soccer practice, or your daughter is going to basketball practice, you probably have a million schedules to keep up with. But I’m sure that’s not where your problems end. With everyone running in different directions on a daily basis, you also have to think about their safety. If something happens to one of your kids, how will you know?
While it’s a known fact that cell phones help to significantly improve their safety, what happens if they are put in a situation where they can’t get to their phone? It is the thought of this situation occurring that sends many parents on a search for an even more secure solution. And for some, the solution has been a GPS auto tracker.
Why Place a GPS Auto Tracker in Your Vehicle?
There are two good reasons that you would want to have a GPS auto tracker in your car: tracking your teen, and securing your car in the event of a theft. Let’s look at them more closely:
Tracking Your Teen – It is a known fact that there your teens are likely to underestimate potentially dangerous situations and get themselves into trouble before they know what happened. You know the dangers out in the world, so while they’re gone, you bite your nails and pray for a safe return everyday. But with one of these tracking devices, parents have found solace in being able to look on a computer screen to see in real time where their kids are traveling.
They can make sure they go where they should go when they should go there, and can anticipate a safe return always. But more importantly, if they don’t come home on time, they can have law enforcement track down the car easily and potentially save them from a harmful situation.
Securing Your Car in Case of Theft – Another benefit of a GPS auto tracker is that whether your teen is responsible for your car, or it is sitting in your drive way, if a person steals it, you can easily track its location and give law enforcement a great head start on getting it back for you.
Tracking Devices to Buy
Now that we’ve looked at a few reasons that you should consider purchasing one of these devices, let’s look at a few on the market that can help you keep your family more secure than ever.
GPS Nanny Teen Tracker – This tracking device was created with your teen in mind. It is a small unit that can plug into your battery or cigarette lighter then allows you to track the activities of your teen through a website. Some of the features you can take advantage of with this device include receiving notifications on speed and boundary violations, a remote door unlocking feature, an auto security interface, and a notify button that lets your teens alert you when they feel they are approaching danger. Also, if you want to put the device in a car without them knowing, simply install it under the dashboard and they’ll never have a clue.
T-Trac XS – This is another GPS auto tracker created to keep an eye on your teen. This device goes even further than the Teen Tracker, however, in keeping your kids safe. It not only keeps track of their whereabouts, but it also offers a geo-fence feature that lets you set perimeters on a map so that if your child ventures outside of their permitted geographic area you will be automatically alerted. Also, you can set a schedule through the device so that you can track your kids at specific times. For instance, if you don’t need it to activate until they get out of school, then you set it to turn on at a specific time. This way you save on battery usage. Also, if you want to govern their driving speeds, simply set a speed limit so that you can be immediately informed when one of your kids exceeds that limit.
A GPS auto tracker is a great investment for your family and a great way to help ensure their safety. Of course, honesty and great communication between family members is always a good way to make sure you know what’s going on. But if communication cannot occur in the event of an emergency, then it is good to know that a GPS auto traker can communicate location information for your child.
By: Jeffrey Meier
