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It has often been said that Global Positioning Systems have changed everything. That would be a hard statement to debate in the Transportation Sector or the Trucking Industry. Routing and scheduling through the use of GPS technologies have been a Godsend for truckers and trucking companies a like. Such tools have improved efficiency to the point of close to perfection.

GPS has also changed the way we live and the way we drive our cars too. People now have personal GPS units for hiking, sailing, off-roading and just about any potential application. You can buy a GPS unit for your bicycle good within 20 meters. The make lightweight jogging GPS units too and most pilots have one in the plane in case they have to crash land they can know where they are.

What About The Trucking Industry?

The same scenario goes for the trucking industry. If you drive a truck think about it. How many times have you been in a truck and heading down a street which has been re-arranged and changed and then you wondered how you are going to turn around again? Big issues and this causes problems, traffic, dangerous choices and wasted time, fuel and aggravation. GPS is great when it is working right and when the vendors have their act together, if not, we all lose.

GPS units for truckers save them fuel and since trucks only get about 5 miles to the gallon and sometimes you have to drive two to three miles just to find a place to turn around in case you miss a turn, we are talking a very fast return on investment if you buy a new GPS unit. It is serious business and if you drive a truck you NEED a good solid GPS unit.

L. Winslow is a Communication, Technology, Transportation and Economic Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entrepreneur. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by htpp://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.