Teen Driver gives parents a report card when young drivers take the wheel.
Parents wary of sending teenage drivers into the world are set to receive technology capable of providing report cards each time they drive.
Set to go on sale in the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu, a car likely to be sold "Down Under" by Holden, the "Teen Driver" system records seven key factors for new drivers before publishing the results for vehicle owners.
Set to measure factors such as maximum speeds, distance driven, and near-misses recorded by the anti-lock braking or forward collision warning systems, the system also shows when stability control or autonomous braking systems have intervened to prevent a crash.
The all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu will debut an accountability system called Teen Driver.
General Motors safety engineer MaryAnn Beebe says the technology should help people become better drivers.
"We developed this system so parents could use it as a teaching tool with their kids – they can discuss and reinforce safe driving habits," she says.
"As a mother of two, I know anything that has the potential of keeping one's family safer is of great value to parents."
The programmable system is recorded to a separate key to those used by the car's normal drivers and cannot be evaded without a security code set by parents.
As with a handful of clever Fords fitted with the blue oval's MyKey system, the system shuts off the stereo until occupants buckle up seatbelts and issues warnings when programmed speeds are exceeded.
It also prevents drivers from deactivating safety features such as traction control or collision warning systems designed to prevent crashes from occurring.
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