In-car cam spies on teen drivers
p2pnet news | Mobiles:- If you’re a teenage driver and you’re getting the feeling someone is looking over your shoulder, you could be right.
Your parents may have bought into an in-car spy system that’s looking for, “risky driving behavior such as swerving, hard braking, sudden acceleration and collisions,” says Associated Press.
MobileTEEN GPS real-time mobile tracking, “alerts parents by text message, e-mail or Web as to where their teenager is and how fast he or she is driving,” says the story, going on:
“Pilot program available in all 50 states.”
How much? Twenty bucks a month with a two-year contract (first month free) and the device can, “also can be purchased by non-policy holders online” for $470 with an additional $30 monthly fee.
But it’s not alone.
AP also cites American Family Insurance’s Teen Safe Driver and Safeco’s Teensurance and American International Group’s MobileTEEN GPS.
Teen Safe Driver is free for one year to American Family customers with a teen driver with, “subsequent cost is yet to be determined,” says AP.
It adds that Teensurance comes in at $15 a month for the first two years, “in addition to insurance premium” with Teensurance customers also eligible for premium discount of up to 15%.
Also See:
Associated Press – A look at auto insurers’ teen monitoring devices, October 10, 2007
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October 11th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Next the RIAA/CRIA will supeona footage to look for burnt CDR’s to match up with audio anyalisis if the car stero to match to usernames and ISP’s to create the perfect lawsuit storm!
October 11th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
These things are ridiculous. Parents need to stop being helicopters and raise their kids right. If they raise them properly, then they should be able to trust them. If by the time a kid is able to drive and the parents still don’t trust them, don’t give them the f*cking keys to a car, since there isn’t much that the parents can do to fix the kid at that point.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
It sickens me that if you’re under 18, you’re basically a slave to your parents and have no rights.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Get yourself legally immancipated and look after yourself if you don’t like it.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Emancipated, rather.
October 12th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
What is there to hide. If you’re doing nothing wrong, why would you care who sees it? If this is something that could save a life, by making an inexperienced driver think twice before making a poor decision, it is worth every penny and effort that was place in to it.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Your Agent -
Isn’t that the arguement used for the illegal wiretapping? If you have nothing to hide, then why does it matter if the government listens to your phone calls. They might catch a few terrorists in the process.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Could you blow this a little more out of proportion?
My guess would be that either you don’t have kids or you dodn’t have any old enough to be driving. If I can do something like this to add one more level of responsible thinking for my son, I have no problem with it.
Also, everyone, seems to think that these cameras stream “live” continously and that Mom and Dad can look into the car, live, whenever they want. That is not the case. Go to the website and get educated on it.
This is not an issue of trust either, James. I trust my son very much. We use this as a tool to help him understand what he could do differently the next time a similar situation arises so that he does not get the same result.
Another point is, it’s voluntary. If you don’t want to do it…don’t do it. You receive no credits or surcharges if you decide to have it installed or not.
There was no “opted out” clause included in the Patriot Act for wiretapping was there James? Maybe you should come up with a more legitimate comparison next time.
October 4th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
A Trackstick may work in this case.