Steven Murphy knows a thing or two about apps and safety. The solutions architect designs applications in Washington, D.C. But even he was skeptical when he first tried Hum by Verizon with his kids.
Then one bike ride changed his mind.
Out riding with his wife Sharon in their hometown of Culpeper, Virginia, Steven noticed police cars, an ambulance and medevac circling over the school where their 18-year-old twins—Jordan and Brayonna—were playing tennis.
“As a parent, I was concerned that maybe something had happened with the kids,” Steven says. He opened the Hum by Verizon app, which allows you to monitor a car’s location and other key statuses remotely, and saw that the twins were nowhere near the scene. “They had already left, and I noticed that they were pretty far away from the high school at that point.
“That’s when I thought, ‘Man, this thing does have some real, practical use,’” Steven says. “Being able to see that immediately, not having to worry about calling them, in case they didn’t pick up the phone—which happens a lot—that was a real plus and real peace of mind.”
Can a teenage driving monitoring device improve teen driving?
New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that when a teen driver has only teen passengers in their vehicle, the fatality rate for all people involved in a crash increases by 51 percent. That’s why, in recent years, teenage driving monitoring devices like Hum by Verizon have added more features to help develop safer driving habits: Advanced safety measures such as rescue and safety dispatch, notifications when the car needs maintenance, and weekly safety scores are delivered in real time. Research also shows it’s making a difference.
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