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“During these 100 Deadliest Days, more teens die in the US due to car accidents than the annual total of soldier deaths during the heights of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.” Since PocketFinder’s founding nearly 15 years ago, we have worked to find solutions to put a permanent end to what’s known as the “100 Deadliest Days”. During the summer months, teen deaths linked to car accidents spike to over 1,000. And this is just deaths, not including all those injured and other damages caused. During these 100 Deadliest Days, more teens die in the US due to car...

“Numerous studies show that teens whose parents set stipulations, paying attention to their activities in a helpful, supportive way, are about half as likely to be involved in a car crash.” In this blog post, PocketFinder is proud to offer “Pro Parenting Tips” and constructive conversation points surrounding driving safety and positively introducing the The PocketFinder Teen Driver to your teen. Numerous studies show that teens whose parents set stipulations, paying attention to their activities in a helpful, supportive way, are about half as likely to be involved in a car crash. Setting the example as the parent while you...

  “The PocketFinder Teen Driver [is a] compact simple to use plug-in device utilizing the latest in science and technology for real time driver behavior feedback" PocketFinder believes that putting the power in the hands of parents is the best way to protect their children. Our founder literally developed our first generation personal tracker for his own child’s safety. This idea of putting the power in the hands of the customer blossomed to families also using our devices on the vulnerable seniors in their life. A cause PocketFinder supports year after year is reversing the trend of the “100 Deadliest...

There are a number of decisions to be made when GPS tracking a loved one. As discussed in previous posts, it often feels the toughest decision to make is whether or not you need a GPS tracker. And now that you need one, the next step is figuring out what kind of GPS tracker will best fit your needs. In terms of other consumer tech, personal GPS tracking is relatively new. But PocketFinder has been delivering tracking solutions since 2005-- we pride ourselves on looking past the buzzwords and being transparent. When it comes to personal tracking, the two types...

GPS tracking is about more than just a location on a map. It entails active alerting when vehicles enter or leave zones or speed, reports for past location history, and a systems interface built to easily manage it all. In this article we’d like to share with you what you get with Location Based Technologies’ (LBT) FLEET service and how some of our customers are realizing savings that pay for the trackers and service & realizing increases in customer service, efficiencies and more. LBT is best known by our consumer brand name, PocketFinder. But when it comes to tracking and...