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Response to Invitation to Bid City of Sunny Isles Beach Motor Coach Transportation Invitation to Bid No. 21-03-02 22 GPS Academy has implemented a Vehicle Tracking System using GPS technology. This system is installed on our buses and provides constant real-time position, speed, and route information to dispatch and customer service representatives. The system reports vehicle speed, heading and location to a central database eve ry 100 yards traveled through a CDPD cellular network. The information received is then compared to a database of services being provided at that time in our Charter System. Drivers and route names are added to the records and fed to a web accessed map and management system which is monitored by dispatch. Dispatchers are also able to see the drivers that are assigned to that route. Historical reporting on speed and other safety issues are also available. Drive Cam Originally established in April of 2006, we initiated the Drive Cam program. The system is designed as a hard drive, self-contained unit which acts as an event recorder activated by a gravity or shock event to the bus. The recorder then captures 10 seconds before, and 10 seconds after that event. The program is designed to change driver behavior and eliminate poor or risky driving habits. The key to this system is the immediate reaction by our management team with the driver and to address concerns before they become an accident. It allows us to see events we would otherwise never see. It also allows us to reallocate our safety resources to where we see a greater return on time/investment. This program has documented significant changes in driving behavior as well as reduced wear on the bus and fuel usage. We completed a full corporate rollout in January of 2007. The results have been beyond our expectations. This system (over a $2,500,000 investment) has given us the ability to identify high risk d rivers as never before and defend accident claims where we are clearly not at fault. We now have re-fitted the entire fleet with new Drive Cam Cell cameras.