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Will Your Car Tell You To Put Down the Phone?

Posted by timothy on from the but-you-can't-talk-through-a-hamburger dept.

crimeandpunishment writes with this story from the AP: "We know it's dangerous to text while driving, or talk on a cell phone without using a hands-free device. What if our car knew it as well, and warned us about it? Our cars buzz and beep at us when our seatbelts aren't buckled ... now there are new applications in the works that could lead to a warning if we're driving with a cell phone in our hand."

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  1. Re:Better to warn everyone else. by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or a blue-tooth enabled testicular clamp.

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  2. Re:Have they shown that hands-free devices help? by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone who thinks that anything Mythbusters does is at all scientific is an idiot. Their basic model is that if they can't get it to work in three tries, then they blow it up to keep their ratings.

    It's not like Mythbuster is the only evidence. There's been proper studies - by scientists, with white coats and all that.

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  3. Re:Better to warn everyone else. by gmhowell · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uhhhhh - will that clamp also grasp a labia? Or will that be a specially fitted option?

    Is this in lieu of or in addition to the chain to keep her attached to her stove?

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