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Review by Medianvalued
This tracking system has to be similar to the one used by Progressive Insurance to monitor your driving. I decided not to use Progressive’s device when I worked out that the savings to a driver were minimal. Now this device has a reasonable upfront cost and a monitoring fee of $20/month. With that you get quite a useful tracking system. You can monitor your kids driving - speed, braking locations. I guess if your car gets stolen and the thief doesn’t disconnect the device you also have a way of locating your car. You can also do things like check your car’s battery. I have to confess that I have not got around to actually installing this device (and if the folks at Aware read this review, I will gladly return the device to them) even though Vine reviewers get 3 months free monitoring. Why? You may ask. Well, the last month has been hellacious what with a storm coming through our neighborhood knocking out power for a week and requiring days of yard cleanup and repair in 100 degree heat. Then the hard disk on our main computer crashed. Somehow, I ran out of time to give this very impressive looking device a fair test. So, be warned, other than reading up on the device and comparing with Progressive I have not driven with this installed in my car. Also, I have an ax to grind on the $20/month monitoring fee. IT IS SIMPLY TOO HIGH. It may be just fine for folks with regular jobs but I am on Social Security and watching my expenses. I fail to see why the monitoring on this device should cost more than the cheapest cell phone service out there ($10/month last time I checked). So, reasonable purchase price, exorbitant monthly cost.