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What’s New in my FREEdom SolutionTaxi?
The Hardware:
Passenger Information Monitor (PIM)
Recessed into the taxi partition and viewable from the backseat, our patented Passenger Information Monitor (PIM) is an advanced mobile computer offering taxi riders the most freedom and the highest quality features on a sturdy “ATM-grade” touch screen built especially to withstand vigorous use in New York City taxicabs. |
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It is the taxi rider’s access pass to:
- Paying fares quickly and easily with their choice of credit or debit card or cash.
- Tracking their journey on a dual view map of the city.
- Watching and interacting on their own personal taxi television with entertaining content and relevant information anchored by “NY10,” Clear Channel’s in-taxi programming exclusive to the FREEdom Solution.
- Calculating tips with easy to use percentage buttons, monitoring tolls and surcharges right from the back seat.
CMT’s Driver Interactive Unit (DIU)
The Driver Interactive Unit (DIU) is what the driver uses to log on and off of the system by using a secure PIN. It is also the driver’s primary tool for interacting with the PIM and particularly, for assisting passengers with credit and debit card payments. Our DIU, the state-of-the-art Series 2000 MDT (Mobile Data Terminal) built by Mobile Knowledge, the world leader in this technology, is a small multi-functional box that is installed to the right side of the steering wheel in close reach and easily viewable from the driver’s seat. It features easy-to-use buttons that correspond to various responses that appear on the screen – depending upon the action that is currently taking place in the cab. For example, the driver facilitates payment transactions by selecting the buttons that correspond to simple responses like “yes” and “no” in response to questions like “are all amounts entered correct?”
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The DIU also displays text messages from the TLC and the fleet or lease manager. Some text messages require no responses. Others will prompt the driver to respond using pre-set responses on the DIU. Pre-defined text messages can also be sent from the driver to the fleet. |
Driver-Side Alert Button
All of our packages will include our driver-side alert button, a separately installed red button located on the lower left side of the dashboard that will enable drivers to utilize the technology in their taxicab to send an immediate alert signal. The driver alert button sends an instant signal which includes the driver’s exact location, to the fleet, leasing agent, or in the case of owner/drivers, whomever the driver designates as the responsible party. It does not presently communicate directly with the police. However, we plan to explore ways we can work with the City to make this promising service an even greater asset toward improving driver safety.
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Partition
We offer our customers a new state-of-the-art partition that is specially designed to work with our FREEdom Solution.
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To find out more information about the FREEdom Solution, call Creative Mobile Technologies, LLC, contractor agent for Mobile Knowledge Corp., at 718-349-7700.
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