Tracking Vehicle using a vehicle tracking system has become very important in India for fleet owners for the safety of their vehicle and reducing their operational cost. A Vehicle Tracking system consist of a compact device with GPS and GSM module and a server software which can be accessed online using your smart phone, desktop or a laptop. 

The device has to be connected to your vehicle battery and ignition wire. Once installed, you can track your vehicle in the map interface like Google Map. At any point of time, the current state (like moving, parked etc), speed and location of the vehicle can be checked online. Multiple vehicles can grouped and tracked on the same user interface. Few companies also provide real time tracking which updates the location of the vehicles on the map every 10 secs.

Tracking Vehicle and viewing the history of trips made by the vehicle is displayed on the map usually for past 2 - 3 months. Most vehicle tracking system will display trip summary information like the time the vehicle engine was on, kilometers travelled, total stoppage time, average speed of the vehicle. Speed limits can be set for individual vehicle or a group of ehicles. Every time the driver overspeeds the owner will be notified of the violation.  

Another way of tracking vehicle is by way of setting geofences on the vehicle. A geofence can be created by marking a circular area on the map using an interface provided by the Vehicle Tracking system provider. Anytime the vehicle enters or exits the geofence, the owner can be notified over SMS, email or smartphone notification. 

An abuse scenario usually seen with most fleet companies is vehicle misuse by the drivers. One such form of misuse is excessive idling where the driver does not switches off the vehicle engine and keeps the AC on. This adds to fuel cost for the fleet owner. such scenarios can be identified by using such a tracking solution.Few vehicle tracking companies also provides advanced features like route deviation, where vehicles are assigned to designated routes. Any deviation from the assigned route is notified to the admin/owner. 

AssetTrackr ( www.assettrackr.com) is a Bangalore based Vehicle Tracking Solution provider and few of its clients include DTDC, GMR Highways, Transit Aids, Big Basket, Indev Logistics.