Taxi drivers in Salou, pioneered a system that locates via satelit the nearest taxi

The 32 taxis that make up the Association of Taxi Service Salou are pioneers in the demarcation of Tarragona in the incorporation of a new vehicle tracking via satellite, allowing the taxi nearest to the area where the client requesting the service, saving time in collecting from customers. With this objective, is under installation at hotels in Salou with a device for automatic application of taxis through a computer system sends a taxi to the hotel nearest to the area in a matter of minutes, if have free taxis. In this sense, the warning from the hotel is immediately just by pressing a button that sends a signal that is received immediately by the taxi that is closer to the establishment requesting the service. In addition, the service offers other advantages such as the permanent location of the vehicle or the immediate connection to the phone number for emergencies, 112. As the president explained Taxi Service, Joaquín Uroz, "that is the case that while the hotel receptionist is talking to the client, the taxi that received the signal is already in the door." "This improved the efficiency of service and visitor satisfaction of the municipality," he stressed Uroz. Uroz made these statements during the visit of the mayor of Salou, Pere Granados, and the councilman of Tourism and Mobility, Alberto del Hierro, did this past Friday to visit the facilities of the Servei de Salou Taxi Association which gave know the application of new technologies to improve the service given by taxi drivers that make up this grouping.

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