A roundup of new products that allow parents to track their teens when they are out driving, and receive alerts via cell phone, email, pager, or fax when the kids drive recklessly or go outside of their designated perimeter.

“Parents are scared to death,” said Selditz, father of a teenage driver. “There are so many parents who want something like this to give them a little piece of mind.”

Hmmm. Personally, I wonder if this would be giving me peace of mind, or if it would just be fueling my fears. I can imagine myself out to dinner with friends and getting a text message on my cell phone that sets me into worried state and ruins my evening. Instead of enjoying the time out, I will be running all the things I’m going to say to my son when I get home.

“I’m real old-fashioned and I just don’t know if these (devices) are a good idea,” said Mike Reilly, who has four children of driving age. “It’s a privacy issue. I don’t like our personal information being recorded and sent up to a satellite. I don’t like the idea of being monitored.”

A good point… These devices probably capture a lot of detailed information that would be admissible in a court of law. It could be more than just the parents that are watching you.

Read all about it in this article from the Modesto Bee.