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Where's Your Teen and What's He Doing with Your Car?
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA – January 7, 2010 – "Hey dad, can I borrow the car?" words that parents of teen drivers dread. Enter Blackline GPS's innovative location services to ease parental anxiety and promote teen safety.
Blackline will unveil its Young Driver's Report Card at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world's largest international consumer technology tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 7-10 2010.
Blackline specializes in applying global positioning systems and other technologies to enhance safety and security providing peace of mind for families and business around the world.
The Young Driver's Report Card Program in only one example of Blackline's array of innovative products. The Report Card lets parents assess how fast and how carefully their children are driving their cars. Parents can observe a young driver's average speed, amount of time driven, abidance to curfews and more.
"A report card is something that I had to bring home every semester – the Young Driver's Report Card facilitates open and honest dialogue between parents and their kids while promoting responsible driving habits," said Blackline GPS CEO Clark Swanson.
According to the National Safety Council, the leading cause of fatality among teenagers is traffic accidents due to speed. Although young drivers only represent 13% of all licensed drivers, they cause 28% of all traffic crashes and 24% of all fatal accidents. Each year, 14,000 teenagers in the United States are killed in motor vehicles accidents while 81% of 16-year-old drivers will have an accident by age 24. Blackline is committed to promoting safe driving habits.
Blackline is also proud to announce the release of the much-anticipated Harpoon. Harpoon allows boat owners to track their watercraft in the event of theft, displacements due to weather and emergency.
About Blackline GPS
Corporation
Blackline GPS, Corp., founded in 2004, integrates satellite GPS
tracking with cellular GSM technology to provide innovative
wireless products and service solutions to address the growing
markets in vehicle and watercraft security and recovery,
location-sharing, workforce management and family efficiency
concepts. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Blackline GPS
powers the ESCORT(R) Entourage(TM) CIS and PS vehicle security
systems, combining the premium components of the ESCORT family
of products with a level of user website connectivity, access to
global databases and backend location tracking and recovery only
Blackline GPS can offer. Other products include Harpoon(TM) GPS
watercraft security systems, BlipPlus(TM) Friend-finder app for
Blackberry(R) smartphone and the Monitoring & Recovery Service
powered by Blackline GPS, providing instant text, email and
direct voice contact alerts when vehicles or watercraft are
tampered with or move from a GPS Security Perimeter, and a
national recovery network to facilitate the recovery process
should they be stolen. Technology, dedication and vision combine
to create an ever-growing suite of tools designed to Protect.
Share. Connect™. For additional information please visit
Blackline GPS on the web at
www.blacklinegps.com.
A copy of this news release will be available at www.sedar.com.
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Contact:
Jackie Peterson
Boost Public Relations for Blackline GPS Corporation
Ph: +1 (403) 470-9978
jackie.peterson@boostpublicrelations.com
Craig Swanson
Blackline GPS Corporation
Ph: +1 (702) 589-4742
craigs@blacklinegps.com
