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By Mil Arcega
Washington
19 March 2007
 
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A major U.S. insurance company is offering new technology to its customers, which could significantly reduce accidents.  The program targets risky 1 teenage drivers by giving parents the ability to view and track their children's driving habits.  American Family Insurance Company says its “drive cam” technology could save lives and lower insurance costs.  VOA's Mil Arcega reports.


 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says crashes are the number one killer 2 of U.S. teens.


In fact, new data shows the fatality 3 rate for teenage drivers is four times higher than for drivers 25 years or older.  American Family Insurance believes one way to reduce the high rate is to eliminate risky driving behavior among teens.


To do that, they mount a small camera on a rear view mirror -- so parents, such as Dave Hackworthy, can monitor their child's driving habits. "It's held him accountable for driving.  It's put him in a position where he knows he's being watched," says the dad.


 
Rusty 4 Weiss
Rusty Weiss, a director at Drivecam, which developed the technology for consumer use, says the camera only records abrupt 5 maneuvers 6 -- then emails it to parents. "It lets parents set a clear expectation, to drive in a manner that doesn't cause the camera to trigger.  Pretty simple message."


Gary Fox, one of 30 teens who took part in a pilot project at Edgewood High School in Madison, Wisconsin, is convinced it works. "It will actually make me a better driver.  When you do something wrong, make a sharp turn really fast, stop really fast - then it goes off."


Critics of the program have raised concerns about privacy.  But American Family Insurance spokesman Steve Witmer says only parents will have access to the video. "It's sent directly to the parents.  Edgewood High School doesn't see the information, American Family Insurance doesn't see the information, but people who need to see the information are the parents and the students."


American Family Insurance is now offering the program free for one year to 30,000 families in selected states.  If the system proves effective in preventing accidents, the company says volunteers who use it could see their insurance rates drop.



adj.有风险的,冒险的
  • It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险,但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
  • He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。
n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
n.不幸,灾祸,天命
  • She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
  • He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的
  • The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
  • I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用,我的法语又荒疏了。
adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的
  • The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
  • His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。
n.策略,谋略,花招( maneuver的名词复数 )
  • He suspected at once that she had been spying upon his maneuvers. 他立刻猜想到,她已经侦察到他的行动。 来自辞典例句
  • Maneuvers in Guizhou occupied the Reds for four months. 贵州境内的作战占了红军四个月的时间。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
abnormal termination abort
Acomatacarus major
allantoicase
amoureuse
antifoundational
banausic
bathurst
Blerick
bracket light
car mirror
centre of dispersal
cepheid variables
ceramic DIP
chamazulenogene
chloranilate
circuit tester
coeruleum thymolis
coordiator
copyright infringement
cortex granati
cosyntropin
counter-clockwise angle
court trusts
cover type map
cupressus arizonicas
cylinder band
declaimeth
deener
dense-graded asphalt concrete
Deutzia nanchuanensis
diesel reduction drive
different diameter roll type husker
distribution account of national income
double-occupancy
draw beam
dustbathing
enprisoning
fitted value
fractional digit
gastricisin
georg ohm
goatburger
guinea keets
Herzegowina
high muckety-muck
Hopf mapping
hypoventilating
Ijesa-Tedo
infrahepatic
kerin
macphersonite
matrimony vines
memorialis hirta (bl.) wedd.
metallic hydrogen
milk tanker transporter
miniseriess
misrepresentation of health information
mother-fuckers
mountain-making movement
neon filledtube
Ness, River
objective analysis value
Oosterdijk
opening of the telescope
overall logic
pearl knitting
periaqueduct
policy credibility
polychromatic light
potassium cobalto-nitrite
Potentilla nervosa
powdered vulcanized rubber
Przysucha
recovery process
red flower
rediverted
relapseth
retroarcs
rexman
Ruhinda
saddle friction-plates
second-string
single-speeds
stealings
stop valve spindle
structural component
supmmeatai triangle
thermal initiation
thermal underwears
topographic interpretation
trapezium segment
trial-for-ignition period
UKBA
umbworld
unbind
uniquely defining class
vehide currency
veiniest
wasn't
witnessest
xenogenesis
Yagi-Uda array