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Software Holds Cell Phone Calls While Driving
An anonymous reader writes "Canadian company Aegis Mobility has developed software that detects if a cell phone is moving at 'car' speeds. If so, the software, DriveAssistT, will alert the cellular network, telling it to hold calls and text messages until the drive is over. Calls are not blocked entirely; callers will be notified that the person appears to be driving, but they can still leave an emergency voice mail, which will be sent through immediately."
so you realistically think that on a highway of cars traveling 60mph, that every one of those cars should (read: can) be over 1/2 a football field's length away from the car in front of them? You're the one living in a video game ... one where reality is not represented well.
Some people like to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible. When you're the idiot taking your Sunday morning drive during rush-hour traffic, slow-pokin' along in the fast(read: pass)-lane, when you should be passing or getting out of the way ... I can imagine you getting your panties in a bunch and think everyone else on the road is driving in a video game.
Not to mention it would do people who are severely out of touch with the physical capabilities of their cars to learn to train their brain to better handle situations that might make them susceptible to panic and bad judgment before they get in a car, and try to act like others are idiots, when they're just scared and hit the brakes for no reason.
Video games are perfect for this. Push the limits of the abilities of your brain instead of making excuses.
The same goes for cell phones. I'm wonderfully adept at using a cell phone while driving: be it talking or texting, the biggest issue is being used to doing it. It's the same as turning the AC on, or checking the time on the radio. I don't need to look at my phone to operate it.
Hell, I'm surprised people don't whine and complain about how checking your rear & side mirrors while driving distract you from the road ahead. Oh wait, most people already don't do that ;-) lawl