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How are your teens driving? |
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Written by Janie Porter, WTSP Tampa Bay's 10 news
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May 18, 2007 at 06:02 PM |
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They are young, distracted and they think they’re invincible. Most experts agree: teen drivers are dangerous. Conchita Canty-Jones may be a mother, but she’s not naïve. She works at the Kimbell Full Service Center, a branch of the Hillsborough county school district that’s devoted to working with parents. She also has a teenage daughter who just learned to drive. Canty-Jones wanted to know how 17-year-old Coco was doing, so she agreed to let Tampa Bay’s 10 install hidden cameras in the family’s Infiniti I-30. Tampa Bay’s 10 took the car to Privacy Electronics in Pinellas Park, where technicians installed 2 pin-sized cameras, one in each pillar on either side of the front window. |
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Last Updated ( May 18, 2007 at 06:21 PM )
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Consumer Reports tests two devices that monitor teen driving habits |
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Written by Consumer Reports
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May 13, 2007 at 06:01 PM |
 Consumer Reports tests two devices that monitor teen driving habits, focusing on pros, cons and privacy issues. 
Event Data Recorders (EDRs) are used in millions of vehicles to track things such as speed, safety-belt use, and air-bag deployment following a crash. Now, aftermarket EDRs are available that parents can install in their vehicle to track their teen's driving habits. We recently tested two, the CarChipE/X with Alarm ($199) from Davis Instruments and the RS-1000 from Road Safety International ($280). We found the RS-1000 to be the better, although more expensive, system. The safety risk of teen drivers |
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Last Updated ( Aug 18, 2007 at 03:17 PM )
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Parents take new routes to shield young drivers |
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Written by Diane R. Stepp, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Dec 11, 2006 at 05:05 PM |
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A good student and president of her junior class, Camille Spalding isn't thrilled that her parents have installed a tracking device in her car. 
"I'm not prone to speeding and drag racing. I'd honestly rather not have it in my car," said Camille, 17. "It seems like an invasion of privacy." But Camille also understands her parents' concerns about her driving, especially her trip across town daily from their home in Decatur to Woodward Academy in College Park. "I don't trust other people on the road," said mom Melissa Spalding. "We live in a big city and it scares me to death. All it takes is for one idiot to pull her over or get her out of the car. If she's not answering her cellphone, I want to know where she is. It's nice that, as a parent, you can know where they are at 11 p.m. on a Saturday night." |
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Last Updated ( May 18, 2007 at 06:59 PM )
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Disney offers mobile teen-tracking service |
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Written by BBC News
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Feb 06, 2007 at 03:08 PM |
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Disney has launching a mobile phone service in the US which will allow parents monitor their children's communication and locate then through a global positioning system. Parents will be able to track SMS messages, multimedia messages, calls, video messages etc. and set limitations on their children's calls. Disney is looking to tap a growing market for mobile phone using children between 10 and 15 years old. The company hopes to lure the children to its service by offering the monitoring features. According to research, about two thirds of U.S. parents pay for their teenagers mobile phones. 70% of U.S. population already own a phone. About 45% to 50% of 13 year olds have a mobile phone, according to Jupiter Research. Disney has not given any specific details as to how much it will charge for parents to add children to the service, but rivals charge around $10 a month for each new family member. |
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Last Updated ( Feb 06, 2007 at 03:14 PM )
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