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By Greg Bartlett

Uh-huh, that’s your kid behind the wheel, and he’s pulling away without you in the car with him. Now, now, don’t have a heart attack. Sure, he still seems like your baby – wasn’t it just yesterday you brought him home from the hospital? – but he doesn’t feel that way. And the driver’s license in his pocket says he can legally drive on his own now. While you were still riding with him, it was easy enough to pretend this wasn’t going to happen, but now you have to face reality. Your son is driving by himself.

But what about all the dangers out there? Will he speed while he’s getting lost in his music? What if he gets distracted with his iPod and swerves across the lanes? And what will this newfound freedom mean for him? Will he get to school and work on time, or will he go someplace else instead? What if he starts driving to areas and visiting friends you don’t approve of? Since you’re not there with him anymore, you don’t know what he’s doing.

Actually, you can know. All it takes is a GPS tracking device. Put it in his car, and you’ll be able to monitor his activities while he drives. The GPS tracking device will inform you when he reaches school or work, and will even let you see his speed and the stops he makes. If you see erratic driving behavior, you can call him or at least confront him when he reaches home, reminding him not to play with his iPod while driving.

A GPS tracking device will also allow you to see if your son really is going where he said he was. When you check the stops he made, you’ll be able to determine how long he was at each stop, so you can see if he was at work the whole time like he claimed, or if he went to his friend’s house for a couple hours instead. You can even be alerted if he’s driving after set hours or outside of predetermined boundaries.

Your son’s new driver’s license, giving him the privilege of driving by himself, doesn’t have to give you a heart attack. You can focus instead on how it will help you – you won’t have to drive him wherever he needs to go, and he can even run errands for you. A GPS tracking device will help you move your son towards safe driving.