GPS and is your teenager speeding

There was an article in the paper which provided information about a
serivce that lets you know if your son or daughter is speeding in your
car. It uses GPS. What I was wondering is whether the serivce knows
the speed limit of various roads since fifty-five might be slow on a
freeway, but it is speeding on a neighborhood road. Does the service
program each roads speed limit into its system?

Tom

tom wrote:

Tom,
What article? What service?

I have used a BlueLogger from DeLorme in non-covert appilications with
Street Atlas software. The BlueLogger is a self-contained device that
will record location/speed/bearing/time. When retrived from being
deployed, the data can be uploaded to Street Atas software which shows
the recorded information overlaid on a street map. In my appilicatio,
I was more concerned about how long the person being tracked spent
time in any one location. But in Street Atlas you see the road
attributes. While you may not be able to know the official posted
speed limit, you can tell the difference between a highway and
residential street. Also in my situation, I had to wait until I got
the BlueLogger back to do any analysis, so it wasn't information I was
getting in real time.

I hope this helps!
- Doug
TravelByGPS.com

wrote:

It sounds like what you have is a trust problem. If you can't trust
your kids not to speed, can you trust them with the car in the first
place? No. Let them buy their own first.

wrote:



You sound like you are the reason teenagers distrust adults in the
first place. He never even said he had any kids - he was asking
whether gps map display devices know road speed limits. Please try to
stay on topic.

You sound like the reason my generation and the next one have a
responsibility problem. "You want a car? Don't work for it, I'll
give it to you!"