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2:57 PM | by Steve Johnson |
Discrete Wireless, Inc., which makes GPS-based tracking systems for car dealers, announced today of its new GPS-based tracking system for teen-drivers.
Now, parents can track where their teenagers are driving to.
The system works by hiding a GPS-device inside a vehicle. Parents can then log into a secure website to see where that vehicle is travelling to, along with how fast the car is travelling, and what times. Thus, they can tell if junior skipped school during the middle of the day, or if he drove well over the speed limit, or drove to someplace he wasn't supposed to.
The system will also send alerts by text messages or e-mail.
The company said that one teenager actually felt it was a good thing:
"At first I didn't like it, but I soon realized that it gives me a way out of doing things that I really don't want to do. It eliminates peer pressure. I tell my friends that my parents can see everything we do, and everywhere we go in my car, and my friends don't ask anymore."If you'd like to get the Teen Tracking System, the company has a list of dealers on its press release.
5 comments:
I am glad to know there are other parents out there who are as concerned as I am about the safety of teen drivers. I have a 16 yr. old, and I had concerns about how she was driving when she was alone. I found a company you have not mentioned called DriverIQ (www.DriverIQ.org). They offer a program like "How's My Driving?", but for teens. They offer an annual price of $90. What I like about the program is that it motivates my daughter to drive safe because she knows I have the community's help to look after her. I also like the fact that motorists can notify me when they see anything that I need to know to help protect her too. Last month I received a call from from DriverIQ letting me know that someone had noticed my teen's tires were low in the rear. I called her and told her to pull over at the next gas station. Problem solved! The other thing I like is that I will be notified when I receive reports immediately by phone and email. I don't have to stop what I am doing and go retrieve the information from a device in her car. I know that may sound lazy, but life is soo fast it's hard to always stop what you are doing, to download information into a report, and then try to decipher what I need to address with my teen due to braking and acceleration events. I have a friend whose son had the car chip and it told him that his teen was drivig 35-45 mph, but it took a neighboor to tell him that his son was going that fast in our neighborhood! With DriverIQ, they contact me with the information so I can choose when to address the behavior that needs correcting. For my daugther, it was a little embarassing at first, but she knows that I love her and as long as she is driving safely, she won't receive reports. If she doesn't, I'll know about it and we will work together to make her a safer driver. We always talk about where she is going before she leaves the house. We set ground rules for the trip. So I don't have a tracking device, we leave that part up to trust. But she is a new driver and is going to need my help. That's why I'm glad I chose DriverIQ.
First of all, I think that the whole tracking idea is great when it is warranted. If you have a problem teen like me it gives great peace of mind. Or Not. I also believe that the power of these devices can be abused. If you use it just to be nosey and you have had no reason to track your child, Shame, Shame, Shame. I bought my gps from www.gpsteentracking.com after a whole lot of investigating. Theirs did't have any monthly fees and was fairly price. Now I just use it as a deterrent since I have confronted my daughter several times with the tracking data. I think that the deterrent is the best value of the whole thing. Anyway, thats my 2cents.
Jay
I see where www.ggppss.com is selling teen trackers now too.
i think kids would be more positive about it when they realize it has benefits for them - apart from better able to deal with peer pressure, they might see that because of the device parents are more willing to let them go out on their own. its the old story of if youre not doing anything wrong youve got nothing to hide. Track my kids is another product, which offers users a website they can log in to and track the vehicles movements at any time - http://www.trackmykids.com/vehicle-tracking-system
There are lots of tracking devices available, not just kids. You can setup your whole fleet for gps tracking and management.
Takes all the guesswork out of allocating resources!
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