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Teen Creates Device to Track Speeding
An anonymous reader writes "A teen in Massachusetts has created a device that he hopes will help prevent traffic fatalities among teenagers. The unit plugs into a car and uses GPS to track and report on speeding — but only while the car exceeds a limit set by parents, so as to minimize invasion of the teen's privacy."
said teen is tracked down and given a beating for being such a snitch. Film at eleven.
That's what I was thinking. My parents were such control freaks, that I had one of them or grandma on my back pretty much the whole time. Even in about half the summer camps or such, one would actually take a vacation to come keep an eye on me. I have no doubt that if such a device had existed, they'd have set the speed limit to 1 mph just for tracking sake.
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That said, this is probably the best incentive a teen ever had to get a job, save money, and buy his own damn car.
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Should be titled "Teen creates device to prevent himself from ever being invited to parties".
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Then smart kids will drive backwards.
(I know, I know... gps, vectors, maths, yadda yadda)I can just see hundreds of parents congratulating themselves on doing such an excellent job because their son/daughter drives at -120MPH.
Why drive backwards? Just turn the GPS unit around so it's facing the other way...
No, too many armed crazies in Montana. Stick with Iraq or Afghanistan.
Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. --Mark Twain
A parent demonstrated the same device 3 years ago on TV. Showed that he caught his son doing 42 in a 35 zone.
Seems like the older device was better as it somehow showed the speed limit of the road with the speed of the car.
I don't see how this MA kid recently "invented" this device.
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