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FCC/DOT Want High-Tech Cure For Distracted Driving

Posted by timothy on from the by-which-I-mean-actual-korea dept.

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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  1. Dashboard Cam by CorporateSuit · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."

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    1. Re:Dashboard Cam by natehoy · · Score: 5, Informative

      We've got those in Maine, they're called "rumble strips" and they are a grooved strip of pavement that runs just outside the white lines on either side of the pavement. Maine did a BIG push for them a number of years back when a Wal-Mart truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and wiped out a car in the breakdown lane full of teenagers and a couple of good samaritans who had stopped to help them change their flat tire.

      And, man, you drive out of your lane and onto one of those things, you KNOW IT. The vibrations feel like an electric shock in the arse.

      Now they just need to put those along more roads and in the median.

      Not a perfect solution, but it does at least help people stay where they belong in the lane.

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  2. Drive, damn you. Drive! by Capt.DrumkenBum · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am, after 2 years, still recovering form the injuries sustained by a person in a large SUV talking on their cell phone who slammed right into the back of my car. I will probably feel pain in my left shoulder for the rest of my life. I would like to ask everyone to put down their phones and drive their damn cars!

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  3. Re:Here's the cure by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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