In the not so distant past, I heard described by a furious green-eyed woman, what I now know to be, a type of a vehicle tracking device.  

At that time, the narrator does not have a proper name for it.  She was a jealous wife who suspected her husband of having a mistress.  And so she paid a sizeable amount of money for a mechanism to be installed covertly in her husband’s car which enabled her to use her cellular phone to communicate with the mechanism which then replies by sending her the location of the vehicle and allowing her to listen to conversations inside the car.  

These were wealthy people and at that time, the device was something only they can afford. I didn’t even know such things existed let alone where to buy them. That was then.

Now, vehicle tracking is becoming of widespread use because of its ease and lowered cost in acquisition. Of course the technology is mostly used by businessmen and government to protect assets and monitor usage.  A lot of civilians, however, have found motivations to use it in their private lives.

Security for vehicles is of course the primary reason why most people install the technology. A thief will think twice to steal a vehicle with a gps vehicle tracking device. If he didn’t know and steals the car, anyway, retrieval of the vehicle is made tons easier.

Parents might have a vehicle tracking device for teens installed in cars driven by their teenagers. As minors, parents have the responsibility to check on the whereabouts of their children and one way of doing that without appearing obtrusive is through the use of a tracker. Such device also allows the parents to monitor the driving habits of their teenager.

Of course, as was described initially, a suspicious and/or jealous wife or husband will find a covert vehicle tracking device a very useful way to spy on her or his better half.  Except that now, the cost of doing so is so much more affordable.

Someone who is reading behind my shoulder is asking me what happened to the jealous wife who is the narrator of the story in the opening of this article.  Well, she is divorced from her husband now. It turns out he was having an affair and the gps tracking records helped in her divorce case, so the service can make a difference.