Advanced Vehicle Tracking Systems: 5 Essential Safety Features

Whether you're protecting newly licensed teens, elderly family members, or managing a commercial fleet, advanced vehicle tracking systems are no longer optional — they're essential.

Why Advanced Vehicle Tracking Matters More Than Basic GPS

While standard GPS apps provide location data, advanced vehicle tracking systems maximize real-time information to improve safety and potentially save lives. With dangerous conditions like inclement weather, excessive speeding, and maintenance issues threatening drivers daily, these systems provide critical protection.

General Security offers such a system with Alarm.com’s Connected Car. After easily installing it beneath the dashboard, this device integrates your vehicle with your existing security system, delivering continuous insights into vehicle location, diagnostic information, and driving patterns.

As you consider the advanced vehicle tracking system that’s right for you, here are five key features to look for.

1. Real-Time Tracking & Emergency Response

GPS tracking provides useful data and analytics about commercial fleets, and has a similar use for personal vehicles. Satellites capture geopositioning data on real-time locations, gathering important diagnostics accessible via a mobile device using the Alarm.com app.

An advanced vehicle tracking system like Alarm.com’s Connected Car delivers crucial data on commercial and personal vehicles, including:

• Current speed and location
• Vehicle mileage tracking
• Emissions monitoring
• Maintenance alerts for oil changes, tire rotations, air pressure, and brakes

2. Mobile Alerts for Critical Situations

Receive instant notifications when:

• Your vehicle runs out of fuel
• A tire goes flat
• An accident or mechanical breakdown occurs
  
  

Connected Car pinpoints exact locations for law enforcement and first responders, ensuring faster assistance.

An accelerometer feature logs vehicle speeds to detect possible moving violations, and also acts as a theft deterrent if the vehicle is moved or tampered with.

When paired with smart security cameras, these devices can help law enforcement identify and track potential perpetrators of catalytic converter theft, a crime that continues to rise nationwide.

Smart home integration: Connected Car also features geofencing integration, so you can remotely activate indoor/outdoor lights, garage doors, and other household functions before arriving home.

3. Productivity & Safety Monitoring

For commercial fleet managers, time is money, especially when customers are waiting for important goods and services. Productivity monitoring and up-to-the-moment tracking provide:

• Driver location confirmation
• Accurate arrival time estimates
• Traffic and detour monitoring
• Detection of extended breaks or unauthorized personal activities
• Safety monitoring

4. Route Mapping & Optimization

Real-time tracking systems minimize disruptions from traffic accidents, road construction, and closures by creating optimized route maps featuring:

• Most direct pathways
• Important stops (gas stations, restaurants, points of interest)
• Previously visited locations for easy reference

5. Vehicle Maintenance Reminders & Scheduling

Neglected maintenance schedules lead to:

• Low fuel situations
• Overdue oil changes
• Flat tires
• Costly repairs

Regular maintenance reminders help avoid expensive repairs and replacement parts, and can lower insurance premiums.

Ensuring Safety Benefits & Peace of Mind

Advanced vehicle tracking devices like Alarm.com’s Connected Car protect loved ones and employees, provide vital emergency assistance, and ensure vehicles remain well-maintained.

Whether managing a commercial fleet or personal vehicle, choosing the right GPS and smart vehicle tracking system provides invaluable peace of mind and potentially life-saving protection.

Ready to protect your family or fleet? General Security provides vehicle tracking and monitoring devices for enhanced safety and analytics. Request your free quote today!