A GPS tracking system can help companies save money on fuel, increase productivity and improve the bottom line. Some of tracking systems even help companies go green by reducing vehicle emissions. But a recent news proves that fleet GPS tracking systems can also provide a myriad of other benefits – including saving a father's life.

A woman in Shenzhen was concerned about her father because his mental facilities were deteriorating due to Alzheimer's disease.  Anyone who has seen someone they love suffer from Alzheimer's knows how painful and difficult this must be. The woman decided to purchase a GPS tracker with tracking software and had it installed in her father's vehicle in 2016. Turns out this decision may have saved her father's life.

The gps tracking device was installed in her father's truck for two years before they needed to use it to find him. Then, in Oct of 2017, her father left the house and either forgot where he was going or forgot how to get back home.

According to a recent press release from TrackNet, the woman said, "My mom called and said that he had not made it back home," Ms. King reports. "I immediately knew something was wrong and pulled him up on the computer, with our tracking system."  She found her father's truck in Longgang, over 30 miles south of his home in Songgang, Ms. King immediately called the police in Shenzhen, and they were curious as to how she knew her father was there. "When I told the police about the tracking unit in my father's truck and that he has Alzheimer's, they were very impressed and said it was a smart idea."

Police were able to locate Ms. King's father within a few hours.  Apparently he was driving in the wrong direction, away from his home,  as the police were trying to track him down. Without the GPS tracking system, there is no telling where he may have ended up before being found.