Protecting teenage drivers from themselves

St. Petersburg Beach, Florida - A 1-ton car going 50 miles per hour can be a deadly weapon, especially in the hands of an inexperienced teenage driver. But this device, called a mobile teen GPS tracker may help change that.

Bruce Murakami, Sells Mobile Teen GPS: ( http://www.mobileteengps.com/ ):

“This is real time, This will tell you if the driver goes over the programmed speed, you get an alert and it'll also ring if they go outside their area or to an area you don't want them to be in.”

Bruce Murakami is a local representative for this product which delivers real time information from your car, like speed and location, right to your cell phone or computer. Today, we tested this product in Bruce's Mustang with a set speed of 30 miles per hour.

Bill McGinty, 10 News Reporter, on Camera in car

We just went above 30 miles per hour, so he should be getting an alert now.

Bruce:

(phone ringing) "There he is, and he's constantly breaking the speed limit here on Treasure Island, Florida."

In real time, it worked, and every time I went above 30 miles per hour it went off and showed Bruce where I was.

Bruce: ( Bruce's safe driving program: http://www.safeteendriver.org/ ):

“If your teenager does unplug the device, you get an alert on your cell letting you know it has been disabled.”

Bruce's passion to promote this product is undeniable and understandable.

Bruce:

I lost my wife and daughter to a kid who was street racing in Tampa, almost 8 years ago."

For parents, It's somewhat of a 21^st century safety net so that tragedies like Bruce's won't happen to your family.

This product retails for $525.00. Car crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Roughly 500,000 teens are injured or killed in crashes each year. http://www.mobileteengps.com/