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Carl La Russa

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1. My EQ is "Who benefits most from vehicle tracking software?". My three answers are Teen Drivers, Commercial Truck Drivers and Adult Drivers. 

• My best answer is Commercial Truck Drivers because GPS tracking encourages them to stay on task without taking detours or long rest stops, drive more efficiently by taking the fastest route to a destination and be responsible for someone else's property. With a tracking unit installed in a commercial vehicle, a driver will become much more cautious about what he or she does with the vehicle when out on the road. For example, say an employer mandates that all of his/her employees can't exceed 70 mph while making deliveries and a driver exceeds the maximum speed limit set by the boss, the boss will know exactly when and where that particular driver exceeded the speed limit and be able to take action accordingly.

1. Over the course of my mentorship, I've been working with my mentor who mostly sells tracking units and software to commercial transportation companies. These companies rely on my mentor's tracking system to locate their vehicles and make decisions based off of the information that is given to them through the program. After studying my topic for over a year now, all the research that I've done has proved to me that commercial vehicle drivers depend on tracking systems to get paid the correct amount of money, show that they are responsible with company property and to complete their jobs when and where they're supposed to. 

•  Some problems that I faced during my mentorship were trying to organize visits to car dealerships and fleet businesses that my mentor already worked with. At the beginning of the year I was trying to get my mentor to organize visits to some of the places that he works with for my independent component. What was difficult about this was calling the businesses and trying to setup a time to come by and visit along with my mentor when my mentor has a tight schedule and people at the businesses have little time to talk. To solve my problems, I took some time during my Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks to go and stop by some of these places without my mentor and try and get contacts for future interviews and visits.
• The two most significant sources that helped me answer my essential question are "Understanding GPS Principles and Applications" and "8 Misconceptions About GPS Vehicle Tracking." The book "Understanding GPS Principles and Applications" goes into depth on how GPS developed from just a military tool in the early 1970s to something that plays a vital role in everyone's lives today. One section of the book called Applications in Transportation explained to me that vehicle tracking plays a major role in many transportation companies and other highway services. My other significant source, "8 Misconceptions About GPS Vehicle Tracking." explained to me how many business owners and people who are in charge of large fleets don't believe a tracking system will benefit them at all. What this article does is that it takes all the arguments and gives an in-depth explanation as to why they are wrong and in-turn argues why more people aren't buying tracking systems for their vehicles.