Fleet/Trucking Operators
THE UNSETTLING FACTS ABOUT FLEET VEHICLE THEFT
Every business day, more than 10 million business vehicles, from service trucks and delivery vans to rental cars and company fleets, travel American roads and highways. They're expensive vehicles, many containing expensive cargo or valuable equipment.
And every day, those vehicles and their contents are vulnerable to theft.
VEHICLE THEFT COSTS MONEY
Consider the unsettling facts: A vehicle is stolen every 25 seconds in the United States. An independent survey showed that 62 percent of commercial vehicle thefts occurred during the course of business - 38 percent from the employee's home! And those vehicles are looted, stripped, vandalized, and burned by rings of professional thieves. By the time you find it (if you find it) the damage is done and the thieves are long gone. Vehicle theft in the U.S. is an $8.6 billion problem. And there are hidden costs as