If there is one bad thing about reporting the news, it's reporting the death of a teenager. Unfortunately, teens passing away in car accidents happens all to often. But tonight I learned a little more about a product that keeps teen drivers in check. (or at least makes them think twice about their driving)
Safeco Insurance launched a program called Teensurance, which is GPS tracking system installed inside a teenagers car. Parents use a website to pick personalized settings including curfew, speed, and a range of miles. If ( or should I say when) a teen driver exceeds the setting, their parent is alerted by phone, text or e-mail. Plus, parents can log onto a website at anytime and see exactly where their teen's car is parked.
Safeco buys and installs the GPS device for free and parents pay a monthly $15 charge. The insurance company believes by making teens better drivers, there will be fewer car accidents, few insurance claims, and thus few injuries or deaths. Plus a 15% discount for teen insurance policies actually saves parents up to $200. So the system pays for itself.
High Point Police love the Teensurance idea and one family we talked to says so far it's working. Trey Hamilton is 16 years old and says at first he didn't like the idea of his parents "spying on him." However, Trey does like the other added bonus and security of road side assistance.
I know one thing, if Teensurance had been around when I was a teenager, my high school days would have been much different. I was never ticketed for speeding and have never been in a car accident ( knock on wood) but my mom would have paid any price to log onto a website and see exactly where my little red Saturn was located.
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