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NHTSA and DOT Want Your Car To Be Able To Disable Your Cellphone Functions
savuporo writes "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Department of Transportation are considering technological solutions for people to stop using their cellphones while driving. Proximity detectors or requiring physical link with the car are the solutions under the scope. From the article: 'NHTSA wants automakers to make it impossible to enter text for messaging and internet browsing while the car is in motion, disable any kind of video functionality and prevent text-based information such as social media content or text messages from being displayed.' Obviously these regulations would need to go beyond cellphones, as laptop, tablet or any other gadget with a 3G data connection or even on a wi-fi hotspot made by your phone would be equally distracting."
It's 2014. You enter your car. Your watch stops -- it poses too much of a distraction. Mandatory reaction time enhancing drugs are automatically injected into your blood as you turn the ignition.
The car revs once, but doesn't move. A breathalyzer test is administered automatically by the car, followed by a urine test and a routine vision screening. Small electrical signals are passed through the chair to test your reflexes while a brain scan is run to check for any impure thoughts or intentions.
Finally, drive mode is unlocked. Your maximum speed is set by your insurance provider -- a leisurely 10mph. An artificial intelligence watches you drive your car via. video link to monitor your driving patterns. Your cellphone is disabled.
Time to hit the open road.
I think getting everyone a personal Chauffeur is the answer. Fixes the unemployment problem and the cell phone problem. Well other then the chauffeur texting but that's easily solved with electric shocks.
They're doing it all wrong. You can't solve a social problem with technological features.
I don't know ... deodorant does a pretty good job
They will pass a law requiring the kids not to distract the driver! That will fix it! Right after the law requiring kids not to scream their lungs out on flights! It's just that evil conservatives are currently blocking this legislation right now because big business and gun lobby!
Want? It's not a question of "want". It's a question of safety, expediency and convenience.
Why, next time I stuff someone in the trunk of my car I won't even have to find and take their phones. Just think how much time and hassle this would save.
How did people ever manage without electronic devices to numb their kids' brains?
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The wheels on the bus go round and round...
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
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The wheels on the bus go round and round...
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
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They managed by beating the children into submission. The ipad is a much better approach.
I disagree. A Windows 8 tablet is a better approach - much heavier than an ipad, so much more effective when used to beat the children into submission.
http://blog.nexusuk.org
Ever drive while juggling a hamburger and a soda?
I try not to juggle while driving. It's not really a safe thing to do.