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PiscesSafe Driving Gadgets for Teens
These in-car gadgets promise to help us moms sleep more soundly at night.
Ronda Kaysen: After Sara Broers' 18-year-old son got in his third traffic accident, her insurance company suggested she install a camcorder to monitor his driving. She thought it was a great idea ... for his younger brother. "I think that it would cause my older son to rebel more," she said. "But for my 14-year-old, I will put it in from the get-go and he will never know the difference."
The camcorder, known as a DriveCam, isn't the only device Broers can buy to monitor her kids' driving. There's a whole cottage industry cropping up to serve the teenage driving set and keep their parents calm as adolescents hit the road for the first time. With more than 10,000 teens in car accidents every year, it's no wonder parents are shelling out cash to monitor their progeny's every move on the highway.
We've compiled a list of some of the hottest gadgets to keep the newest drivers safe this holiday season:
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I always believe (for everyone, not just teens) that the more gadgets there are in a vehicle, the more distractions and the distance between personal responsibility and driving widens.
While some gadgets are convenient in the case of an accident (such as these on-star type devizes) many are superfluous and will never replace what good Drivers Training will do. These courses should be mandatory to anyone applying for a lisence, and I believe should include regular follow up courses. We need our drivers (especially new) to know that mom will not always be able to watch you and tell you when you are speeding/are irresponsible and that you need to be able to recognize these on your own and correct them. If a driver is not able to use good judgement and cannot be trusted without these gadgets, then maybe they should not be driving on their own just yet.
I have been working on a device to help improve driving safety. It is based on research done by Staffordshire County Council (UK) and Oren Musciant at Ben Gurion University (Israel). It uses an ipod touch or iphone and should be available from the App Store within the week. It will cost $0.99. Like the keychain device it uses the accelerometer in the device to monitor the driving of the user. It alerts the user about unsafe driving by changing the color of the screen to amber or red or in extreme cases black.
The research found that just by warning the driver using color changes the number of unsafe driving events are halved.
The App allows for sensitivity changes so that as the driver gets better the sensitivity to acceleration, braking, etc can be increased.
You can monitor your progress by comparing journeys against your previous journeys using the Chart.
The App is called ‘Driving Monitor’
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Thanks for the DriveCam mention. An important correction - the price of $899 includes purchase of the device, installation, ands one year of service (after which it’s $30/month). That works out to $75/month during the first year. Your article says it costs both $899 and $75/month which isn’t correct. This feedback program can save a lot more than it costs - when a teen has an at fault crash or a couple of moving violations, the insurance premium cost can go up from $2000/year to $3500/year. Thanks!