When Gabe Orellana of Farmingdale, N.Y., started driving, his parents required him to download the Life360 app's Driver Protect to his smartphone. It tracks his top speed, slamming brakes and cellphone use while driving, and his parents can see a weekly report.
"I don't like being monitored. But I can't really say no," said Orellana, 18, a freshman at the State University of New York, Fredonia whose parents still have him use the app when he's home on school breaks and driving.
More apps and devices become available every year to help keep teens safer on the roads. John Messina, a parent from Syosset, also uses Life360's Driver Protect to keep tabs on his high school senior. "We're not using it like a Big Brother situation," Messina said. "But it was nice to see when he was first driving that he was driving safely."
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