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Earlier this month, A Nebraska man’s life was saved thanks, in part, to cell phone tracking.

The man called the police in the wee hours of the morning, using his cell phone, to tell them that he had been in an accident. Unfortunately, the man had been drinking and the police believe that the use of alcohol contributed to the accident.  The man told police what he thought was his location. In addition to be being affected by the alcohol, he was in pain from injuries he suffered as a result of the crash.

The police went to the area the man indicated and found no one. In his unstable condition, the man was confused, and did not know where he actually was. The police continued to search because it was imperative that they reach the injured man as soon as possible.

About 14 minutes after the man’s initial call, the police decided to employ GPS technology. The dispatcher was able to pinpoint the man’s location by tracing the signal that came from his cell phone. And this is what made all the difference. Not only was the man not where he thought he was, he was also not readily visible since his car had plunged into a ravine.  Once he was found, the man was treated at a local hospital and released. Who knows just how long he would have been in the ravine, out of sight, if they had not thought to locate him using his cell phone signal?

You may not experience something so very dramatic and dangerous as this (we certainly hope not), but that doesn’t mean that you cannot benefit from GPS tracking.

You, your teenage children, your older relatives or anyone else you care about can be helped by GPS tracking because it can find people when time is precious.

And if you run a business then you know how important it is to know where your employees or products are at a given time.