Another Father Wants to Track His Daughter.

We get these all the time.
A Father calls us up and says he wants to track his Child.
He is hesitant to do so, not sure if it is the right thing to do.
Is he invading her privacy?
Is he going to far?
Let me share with you my situation.
I own a tracking company
I have three daughter, one who has moved out and married. Another who has just moved out and a third who is still in High School.

I tracked them all. They knew. Sometimes they didn't like it, but now the oldest tells the younger ones, it was out of LOVE. Yes we did it because we LOVE them. Not because we didn't trust them. Well maybe we didn't, but we wanted them to be safe.
Now the youngest calls us and say, I am lost, HELP. We log onto our system and see exactly where she is and walk her through the turns needed to get to a highway.
Sounds crazy, but we would not have it any other way.
Speed alerts, odd hours or operation, all come to our cell phone, letting us know what is going on.
Today it is to easy to lie about where you are or have been.
It is easy to operate and simple to use.
We have parent with ignition shut off switches installed on their kids car with the tracking unit. you have to choose how you want to handle your child. With these devices, you now how the information  you need to make better decisions.

With the Plug and Play design, you can move them from car to car, just that easy.
No long term contract to sign either.
If you are thinking of tracking you child, you should check this link out.

Oh and it is good for tracking elderly parents too.

Is Teen Tracking Technology Worth Looking Into?

Teen tracking technology provides families the various tools to aid their teen youngsters exercise the liberty they desire while allowing mom and dad to discover exactly where they may be as well as if they are safe and sound. When, for instance, you track your youth vehicle, you are able to keep track of speed and location of the vehicle, obtain notifications when the vehicle is relocated or stolen, as well as generate a "perimeter” around locations your teenagers are or aren't allowed to go. Generally there are many apparent advantages of making use of teen tracking technology. Many of these devices will give you each, the home address and also the name of the place where the youngster can be found. Teen tracking works extremely well in tracking your adolescence's actions:

•           Keeps track of speed
•          Keep track of engine idle times
•          Keep track of accepted and unaccepted destinations
•          Keep track of your teenagers driving abilities
•          Keep track of if other people are inside the car
•         Keep track of most regularly visited destinations
•         Set a perimeter-wall around unwanted locations

The fact is that the real danger is knowing that no teenager contains the expertise to think realistically during a panic situation. Isn't teen tracking well worth the expense? Isn't it time for you to discuss to your son or daughter the real dangers of teen driving and the need for tracking their vehicle. The protection of your children as well as your peace of mind is a good enough reason why all parents should think about teen tracking.

Does it Make Sense to Track Your Kid?

Lately, we have seen a lot more parent want to track their teen driving kids. 

We continue to answer multiple questions regarding parents need to track their kids.

Here are a few that we hear:

Am I invading their privacy?

Short answer is yes. Know where they are or what they are doing is not a bad thing. Today, there are so many dangers for kids, from driving fast, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or just stay out to late.

These are things that we can help them make better decisions in situations that can impact their lives.

Too many tickets, they lose their license. Driving too fast causes more accidents. Stay out too late can create tension in the house.

Will they know I am tracking them?

Eventually the answer will be yes. Installing a tracking device in a vehicle can be made where no one knows it is there. But once you catch them in a lie, or drive too fast, it will come out in the open. We always suggest the honest approach. Letting them you want to give them their freedom, but need to be aware of where they are. You can use reference to events that have happened in the community, which could young drivers involved in accidents.

Another great reason is for the insurance discounts that are given to vehicles that have a tracker on them. Track all cars, so that they think it is for insurance reasons and not just for them.

What do I do when I catch them?

This is a difficult question to answer. They are many responses that can be used. It depends on the child, their past history, and the event. We always encourage NOT using the Big Brother, I am watching you approach. Discuss how they could have done things differently. I coaching and counseling approach always seems to be more influential then the hard handed approach.

Information is good. Knowing how you teen drive drives is good. With a GPS tracking device you have the ability to obtain more information.

Use it wisely.

Have questions?

Let us know. We have helped families since 2002 with their tracking needs.

info@safetytrack.net

888-286-9829

Teen Driving, How To Reduce the Risk.

Traffic crashes are the leading cause of teen fatalities, accounting for 44% of teen deaths in the U.S. 

The National Safety Council sees the issue as a national crisis. We have segmented the problem into three distinct areas, and have adopted strategies to address each of them:

Reduceteen drivers' exposure to risk
Modify risky driving behavior
Develop driver skills and experience

Reducing risk

We're on a mission to inform parents of teen drivers that they can beat the odds. In November 2002, papers prepared by acknowledged experts were presented at the "Symposium on Graduated Driver Licensing: Documenting the Science of GDL." The proceedings provide a comprehensive review of the research that has been done on teenage driver safety issues.

Since the symposium was held, the National Safety Council and its partners in teen driving safety have been distilling the scientific research to present the facts to driver safety professionals and to families, using a variety of methods,

Our new Alive at 25 Parent Program is developed specifically for parents of new drivers. This innovative 3-hour course helps parents partner with their teens to help them become safe, responsible, and defensive drivers.

The new Family Guide to Teen Driver Safety is one way we are helping families understand the truth about risks, and the practical wisdom of graduated privileges.

NSC and its local chapters will be holding parent workshops to introduce the Family Guide to parents. If you are interested in attending a workshop in your area, please send us an e-mail at support@nsc.org with your name, address and phone number. A representative from the NSC chapter in your area will contact you.

Each year, the Journal of Safety Research® publishes articles summarizing recent graduated driver licensing and tee driver research..

This collection of web pages is another way. We will be adding to the information here, so be sure up sign up with your e-mail address to receive reminders to check back for new content.

Modifyingrisky behavior

Traffic safety programs for teens are often designed to help teens modify their own driving behavior to reduce risk of crashes. But we know that many teens have difficulty regulating their risk-taking behavior, and recent research is beginning to give us insight into why. Researchers are finding that the area of the brain that governs weighing consequences of one’s actions, suppressing impulses and organizing thoughts does not fully mature until about age 25. In addition, hormones are active and influencing the brain’s neurochemicals that regulate excitability and mood. This can result in thrill-seeking behavior and other experiences that create intense feelings, during years when the brain’s ability to make people more responsible is not yet fully mature. It’s also during these years that teenagers typically learn to drive.

A balanced approach to traffic safety for young drivers should not depend entirely on teens regulating their own driving behavior. Many factors influence teen driving, including friends and peer pressure, a belief in invincibility, and physiological changes. 

Defensive Driving Course-Alive at 25 can help teens deal with these issues that can influence their driving behavior.

GPS Tracking

By adding a GPS Tracking Device to your child's vehicle, you can help reduce speeding and work with your child on driving behavior.can provide the necessary information to help reduce speeding.

Developing skills

Driver education programs can prepare young people to drive and can play a role in helping teens to begin developing driving skills. However, completion of driver education does not mean that teens are then ready to manage a full range of driving challenges. What research shows is more important to safe driving is the opportunity to improve driving skills through gradual exposure to increasingly-challenging driving tasks. Teens become safer drivers as they build driving experience and develop safe driving habits and behaviors.
Driver education can help provide the foundation for safe behaviors through knowledge and practicing beginning skills. Driver education should be viewed as the beginning of a process through which teens learn valuable driving skills and the experience necessary to make them safe drivers. Parents should not rely solely on driver education to provide teens the significant knowledge and experience that they need to become safe drivers. Too often, completing driver education is viewed as the end of the learning process, rather than the beginning. In some states, the completion of driver education qualifies a teen for full driving privileges. The National Safety Council believes this is not a wise approach. Research has shown that significant hours of behind-the-wheel experience are necessary to reduce crash involvement risk. In the process of obtaining that experience through the first two years of driving, the risk of crash involvement can be reduced through state-imposed graduated licensing and parental restrictions.

The National Safety Council www.nsc.org 

Florida Might Ban Cell Phone use by Teen Drivers

So Florida may be looking to limit, or even ban cell phone use for Florida Teens.
Check out the entire article here. http://www.safetytrack.net/?p=4187