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Using GPS to Track Teens
jmoloug1 writes An article at CBSNews that describes a new service available to parents. It uses cell phone GPS to track how fast the teens are driving and then automatically sends an alert back to the parents when a certain limit has been exceeded. Bad idea for stupid parents who are going to be outwitted by their kids just turning off the phones? Best of all, it's endorsed by our former chief of military ops in Iraq!"
Teens KNEW the cameras were there and also recording their voices and they STILL would do really stupid stuff, speeding, turning around and talking to passengers while driving, and just basically driving recklessly. No surprises.
They are just so absorbed in "their" worlds that nothing else matters.
I like microcars
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There's 3 states. I'm sure there's a lot more.
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Since the precision is one second, it could actually be two seconds. Or 1.9 seconds to be more precise
Here's a hint: there's a big difference between "wanting to know something" and "being instantly informed about something". I have other ways besides a GPS tracker to figure out if my son is driving too fast.
Let me repeat: I would NEVER subscribe to a service lik this. If my kid's phone had a GPS tracker in it I'd be sure to teach him how to disable it. The only way my son's going to drive is if I *TRUST* him with that responsibility, and if I do trust him then spying on him is unnecessary and insulting.
Why is it that the proponents of "one nation under God" are so eager to get rid of "liberty and justice for all"?
While in the UK and a few other European countries the second of your points apply, in most of the rest of Europe none of them do. In many cases a parent that for instance pried open a locked diary or opened a kids letter can be subjected to criminal charges, and any violance against children would be punished hard. In Scandinavia even light spanking would be considered illegal abuse.
Molesting children are the subject of automatic criminal charges regardless of relationship, and in all jurisdictions I know about, close family relationships would result in a STRICTER punishment because of abuse of trust etc. than if a stranger had done the same.
It will actually work outside of the constellation!
The guys from Ohio had bad-a55 Mustang muscle cars that could do the quarter mile in 3-4 seconds, but couldn't handle for 5hit.
That's BS. No street car can do the quarter mile in 3-4 seconds. Even for top fuel dragsters (with much more power and much less weight than a street car) the average range is 5-6 sec. The fastest time a street car can achieve is generally in the 8-9 range, and even that is rare.
I know you're exagerating, but super fast music isn't that popular. It's just the stuff with insane amounts of low end hooked up to giant subwoofers (and the bass on their 2-band eq turned to +6) that you hear blaring out of kids cars. A lot of the younger people I've dealt with seem to feel that More Bass = Better Sound.
I think 220mph is a bit of an exaggeration. The speed limits around here are 55.. and I got a speeding ticket for about 70. In the officer's mind, I was apparently "out of control" and was about to wreck any minute. But it just wasn't happening. The road was wide enough that you could do that speed and still have plenty of time for whatever obstacles would come your way. This demonstrates how someone can speed and still be safe.
I think that it is a BIG error to assume that speeding is automatically unsafe driving. The insurance companies say it is -- because it makes them money. The legislation says it is, and maybe they're a bit detached but the local PD is probably still getting money every time somebody pleads guilty and sends their ticket in by mail.
Still I hold to the maxim that speeding is not always unsafe. Going 85 in a 65 on an interstate is not that dangerous, in good conditions. Still, if you get caught going that speed in my state, you get a "wreckless driving" ticket. Again, we assume that the increased speed is somehow wreckless, even if it's perfectly safe.
Also we have to consider that the speed limits are set for *everybody*. A guy who is 25 and still has good vision and reflexes and a good deal of driving experience under his belt, might be able to do 10 miles per hour over what, say, the 70-year-old grandma who hasn't been phased out of the system yet is doing. A good driver can ALWAYS go faster than a bad driver and still be *safe*.
My point is mainly that when using this service, even if your kid speeds, blame them for breaking the law -- not for being unsafe.