OBD teentracker...ever use it??

[goingballistic]

Has anyone installed a "teentracker" in a car before?

I have two teenagers that just passed their drving test. One of them I don't trust behind the wheel. I found a dvice that plugs into the OBD port of the car they have (95 Taraus). The Ford has an OBD 1 and the device is for an OBD 2, they claim it can be hardwired into the OBD 1 port. The device tracks acceleration, braking, hard cornering, seat belt usage and milage.

I'm curious if they really do what they claim........this is the second and third of four I'm putting behind the wheel...............my insurance is sky rocketing.

any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Ripp 73]

Hahaha,

My parents were so worried when I started to drive that they threatend the same thing. Luckily I got older cars that don't have a computer in them. They also figured that if I had a car I really cared about I wouldn't want to damage it anyway. Knocking on wood but I have yet to be in an accident that was my fault (only one accidnet period and the deer hit me), nor have I gotten a speeding ticket. Weren't my parents lucky.

As for the unit you are speaking about, it sounds like the little black box they have on air planes. I have heard great things about them from parents that install them in their kids cars. Kids say they are worthless because they learn to drive from their parents, so it is only a reflection of their parents driving. I guess it really depends on how much you trust your child.

 

[Bob Chadwick]

Put yourself a rev limiter in the car. That will keep the speed and acceleration down. :L

 

[78SilvAnniv]

Will you tell them the tracker is in the vehicles monitoring them, then perhaps they would monitor themselves...? Or would they learn how to disconnect it?
Would making them pay some, or all, of the insurance increase make them more responsible?
Heidi

 

[goingballistic]

I appreciate all the insight.....you're killin' me with the humor.....

I adopted two teenagers, :eyerole one of which just got his drivers license, do I trust him in a car....possibly . From what I have seen so far he does not have the best sense of judgement and has a hard time being "himself" so caves very easily to peer pressure. I am trying to make sure that he doesn't cave to that kind of pressure and potentially kill someone ( himself or anyone else). If he knows we're "watching" he tends to use his brain a lot more.
He started driving last year and it has taken him a year to prove I can even trust him enough to get a license in the first place. Due to cost of insurance, he wouldn't be able to drive unless he was on mine. With that said, I really have no desire to have my insurance go up, he's the second driver on my insurance, my daughter will be the third in two more months and have a 14 year old itching as well.

He won't be able to disconnect it, it's hard wired in. The OBD 1 that's in the car has to be hard wired to the OBD2 on the device............and if I find it's been tampered with, he's done and he knows that.

I'm trying to find out if these things actually track what they claim they track, it's to protect him and my other kids....no other reason at least this way the others can drive on my insurance as the need arises. If he screws up, he screws them out of driving and shafts my insurance policy to boot.

If you have any experience with these please chime in. Thanks.