It is 10 p.m. and your 16-year-old daughter is driving 50 m.p.h. in a 35-m.p.h. zone. You are miles away, at home, but you know it's going on, thanks to a GPS car tracking device you installed prior to letting your daughter drive alone. With a little help from your real-time car tracking device, you can call your teenage daughter and tell her to slow down.

According to the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention, automobile vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among United States teens—one in three teenager deaths are a result of a teen motor vehicle accidents. In 2009, every day eight teens between the ages of 16 to 19 die as a result of a car crash. If a GPS tracker for cars device can help save some of these lives—or just one for that matter—it's worth its weight in gold.

A car tracking device for parent can be either covert or overt; your teenagers can know that you are monitoring their driving behavior and whereabouts or it can be in the form of a hidden car tracking device. Either way, experts suggest that a GPS tracking device is a good way to learn about your teens' driving behavior, and perhaps more importantly, help them to improve their driving skills.

A GPS car tracking device to monitor teen driving is easy to use. Some GPS tracking systems can automatically notify parents via email, voicemail or text message any time their teenage driver drives over a designated speed, breaks curfew or drives beyond a specified distance from home. In some cases, a GPS car tracking device can call for roadside assistance in case of a vehicle breakdown or even unlock doors in case of a lockout. These are reassuring features for any parent.

The use of vehicle tracking commercially for fleet tracking to reduce costs, improve customer service and monitor employee driving has been a part of a fleet managers toolbox for years now, so it makes sense that the technology is available for parents to use as well. Any tool, such as a vehicle or asset GPS tracking device, that a parent can use to help young drivers become more skilled and more cognizant of their driving behavior is not only helping the individual driver but society as a whole.