this could be something…

Texting while driving: Australia could launch gadget to stop drivers sending SMS messages
By consumer affairs reporter Josie Taylor

Australia could be the first country to launch a gadget that stops drivers from texting.

American Scott Tibbitts invented the device after he turned up to a business meeting in 2008, to discover the man he was supposed to meet had been killed by a texting driver.

“I got there and he’d been killed a couple of hours before,” Mr Tibbitts said.

“It started this process of thinking, ‘what’s the solution going to be?’”

Mr Tibbitts is a technology entrepreneur based in Colorado who previously made space parts used by NASA.

He is in Australia this week negotiating with major telecommunications and insurance companies about a local release of his invention.

It is a small device that fits into a port under the steering wheel of most car models made after 1996.

It connects the car to the internet, and can then block the driver from receiving distractions on their mobile phone, such as text messages.
Would you use this device to help stop you becoming distracted by your mobile phone while driving?

“They are basically held for you while you drive and then they don’t end up on your phone,” he said.

“You won’t get anything that distracts you with a little bing.”

The driver can customise what they do or do not receive while they are driving.

For example, phone calls can be blocked, but GPS and music functions can still operate.

When drivers turn the engine off, their messages come through.

Passengers’ phones are not affected.”

and then they go on about insurance companies… but this is great. I hope they make it compulsory like anti theft devices.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-02/texting-while-driving-gadget-stops-motorists/6587356

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“If things were to go as we hope, it’s possible we’d have a product that deploys here before the end of the year.”

There are already phone apps available that perform the same function.

VicRoads, for example, has Road Mode, which disables text messages and silences incoming calls.

Like Mr Tibbitts’ device, people trying to contact the driver receive an automated text message telling them the person is driving.

However, phone apps have to be manually turned on and off every time and can drain the phone battery on long drives.

About 8,500 people have downloaded the VicRoads app since it was introduced in 2013.”

better than an ap that needs to be turned on… what if you forget and then try to turn it on while you are driving ad then crash? this device needs to be in all cars.. all new cars, and retrofitted to all others.

Humans have self control you know, I am sure everyone won’t text and drive because it the right thing to do, like this guy below no distractions and concentrating on nothing but being a safe driver.

what happens when there’s a commercial ad he need the bathroom?

Arts said:

what happens when there’s a commercial ad he need the bathroom?

No ads, he is using a streaming service.

As much as I hate Siri, it works quite well for sending simple texts while I’m driving. Completely useless for complex stuff, but to tell the other half I’m on the way home and ask if we need bread and milk, it’s great.

Arts said:

this could be something…

Texting while driving: Australia could launch gadget to stop drivers sending SMS messages
By consumer affairs reporter Josie Taylor

Australia could be the first country to launch a gadget that stops drivers from texting.

American Scott Tibbitts invented the device after he turned up to a business meeting in 2008, to discover the man he was supposed to meet had been killed by a texting driver.

“I got there and he’d been killed a couple of hours before,” Mr Tibbitts said.

“It started this process of thinking, ‘what’s the solution going to be?’”

Mr Tibbitts is a technology entrepreneur based in Colorado who previously made space parts used by NASA.

He is in Australia this week negotiating with major telecommunications and insurance companies about a local release of his invention.

It is a small device that fits into a port under the steering wheel of most car models made after 1996.

It connects the car to the internet, and can then block the driver from receiving distractions on their mobile phone, such as text messages.
Would you use this device to help stop you becoming distracted by your mobile phone while driving?

“They are basically held for you while you drive and then they don’t end up on your phone,” he said.

“You won’t get anything that distracts you with a little bing.”

The driver can customise what they do or do not receive while they are driving.

For example, phone calls can be blocked, but GPS and music functions can still operate.

When drivers turn the engine off, their messages come through.

Passengers’ phones are not affected.”

and then they go on about insurance companies… but this is great. I hope they make it compulsory like anti theft devices.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-02/texting-while-driving-gadget-stops-motorists/6587356

Good idea.

Anything that reduces distractions is good

Some need to turn mobile phones off completly

CrazyNeutrino said:

Good idea.

Anything that reduces distractions is good

Some need to turn mobile phones off completly

A friend of ours called his business partner on his mobile. In the middle of the conversation the line went dead.

Later he learnt that his business partner had pulled over at the side of the freeway to take the call. A B-Double truck with a load full of soil had hit his car. He left a wife and young family behind :(

The truck driver was later jailed for driving drugged.

Speedy said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Good idea.

Anything that reduces distractions is good

Some need to turn mobile phones off completly

A friend of ours called his business partner on his mobile. In the middle of the conversation the line went dead.

Later he learnt that his business partner had pulled over at the side of the freeway to take the call. A B-Double truck with a load full of soil had hit his car. He left a wife and young family behind :(

The truck driver was later jailed for driving drugged.

Must have been something other than ice, the more ice you take the better driver you become according to experts.