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US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary

Posted by timothy on from the oh-gee-big-brother-that'd-be-swell dept.

gambit3 writes "The US government may require cars to include scrambling tech that would disable mobile-phone use by drivers, and perhaps passengers. 'I think it will be done,' US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said on Wednesday morning. 'I think the technology is there and I think you're going to see the technology become adaptable in automobiles to disable these cell phones.' LaHood is on a self-described 'rampage' against distracted driving, and if making it impossible to use a mobile phone while in a car can save lives, he's all for it."

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  1. disable all distractions by NynexNinja · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Might as well disable all potentially distracting activities that drivers do:
    • eating while driving
    • tuning the radio while driving
    • Talking to occupants of the vehicle while driving
    • Turning your head left or right while driving
    • having the radio played too loud while driving
    • smoking while driving
    • doing anyting with your two hands besides putting them both on the steering wheel while driving
    • doing anything with your eyes besides looking straight ahead while driving

    Where does it end? They should make a law that requires vehicles to drive themselves and all of these laws (DUI, while driving, etc) will go away...