MILEY EYED BY HELICOPTER DAD

After reading a study that says teenagers drive more responsibly when they think their parents are watching, BILLY RAY CYRUS threatened to install a monitoring device that will record how fast daughter MILEY CYRUS drives, or whether she tailgates, fails to fasten her seat belt, etc. – AND it pinpoints her exact whereabouts minute by minute.

“It’s not because we don’t trust you,” explained achy-breaky Daddy-O to His Little Princess. “It’s more because we really care about you.”

Howled Miley: “NO WAY!”

And she swears she’ll take her car in for “bugging” inspections if Billy Ray goes anywhere near it.