The Coach Hire Business That Loves Our Vehicle Tracking App

A lot has changed since Andy McDades father launched the family coach hire business in 1985.??

Margaret Thatcher was starting her sixth year as Prime Minister, a pint of milk cost just 21p, a pound of bread just 56p, while drinkers could get a pint of lager for a remarkable 90p. David Bowie and Mick Jagger were riding high in the charts with Dancing In The Street and Live Aid concerts around the world raise many millions to help the starving in Africa.

On the technology front, Microsoft released the first version of Windows, Compact Discs were introduced to American Consumers, gamers were experiencing the highly addictive Tetris for the first time, the space shuttle Atlantis was launched and British Scientists discover a hole in the earths Ozone Layer.

British Telecom announced it would phase out red phone boxes and the first mobile phone call was made in the UK by Ernie Wise.

If the McDades owned a mobile then, it would have cost around ??2,000 and it would probably have been a Nokia Mobira Talkman 520 weighing in at almost 5kg and requiring a carry handle.

Of course vehicle tracking technology has not always been as advanced as it is right now. Back in 1985, the only way McDade Senior could have tracked his vehicles was if his drivers had called him from a phone box en-route.

Today Andy McDade knows the exact location of his coaches no matter where they are or where he is. He uses the Navman Wireless vehicle tracking app for the iPhone and iPad, so he can instantly locate the vehicles in his fleet, view their daily activity, identify and route the nearest vehicle to urgent jobs, and send messages to his drivers.

We were the first vehicle tracking company to offer an iPhone app and our technology continues to develop ensuring we continue to stay in touch with our customers and they stay in touch with their fleet in the most effective way possible.

Contact us today to learn more about our fleet tracking solutions and the app that is helping McDades Coaches deliver exceptional customer service. Click here or call us on 0845 521 1133.