(Prime Time News/CBC Archives)Hanomansing explained that at Bel-Air Taxi in Coquitlam, B.C., the GPS system transmitted information about the location of a given cab. "It gives us the ability to track the cars wherever they are," said Darren Pottinger of Bel-Air Taxi. Identifying 'cheaters'Bel-Air Taxi of Coquitlam, B.C., was using GPS technology to keep tabs on its cabs as of 1995. Var Ghai of Digital Dispatch Systems believed GPS technology had applications for drivers that extended beyond the taxi industry. "The company that developed the Bel-Air Taxi system predicts that within a few years, virtually every car will have something similar," he told viewers.

Source: CBC News July 18, 2020 12:22 UTC