FCC/DOT Want High-Tech Cure For Distracted Driving

coondoggie writes "The Federal Communications Commission and the US Department of Transportation are teaming up to develop what they called high-tech solutions to the growing problem of distracted or inattentive drivers. The DOT and FCC said they will set up a working group to evaluate technology-based answers to the distracted driving problem and will improve outreach efforts to educate the public about the dangers of texting while driving, talking on cell phones while driving, and other distracting behavior that can lead to deadly accidents, the agencies stated." Meanwhile, Korea has overturned a ban on dashboard TV-watching for taxi drivers.

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Dashboard Cam

[CorporateSuit]

How about a dashboard cam that simply sends the person a text if it sees them looking down at their phone while driving?

"Car ahead; 10 feet; brace for impact, retard."

Korean taxi drivers are insane

[Shane112358]

After living in Korea for a year, and seeing some of the crap that Korean taxi drivers pull (including trying to beat up Western women for apparently no reason, running their hands through my leg hair, and various other strange antics)...I am convinced that Korean taxi drivers are clinically demented and all possible technological solutions should be employed to distract them at all times. Therefore, I fully support the recent move to overturn the taxi TV ban.

Re:Here's the cure

[Beardo the Bearded]

Here is a two-step solution to fix distracted driving:

1. Remove the airbag from the driver's seat.

2. Replace it with a bayonet.

They'll pay attention now.