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11-23-2016, 02:38 PM | #1 | |
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NHTSA targets smartphones, app developers to curb driver distraction
http://www.autonews.com/article/2016...er-distraction
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Alternatively, NHTSA has something else coming if they plan on using this as a stepping stone to creating binding, involuntary, formal regulations that force smartphones into airplane mode or a lockout mode. China has nothing on this and their government loves censorship.
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11-23-2016, 03:51 PM | #2 |
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This article gets us really close to a political discussion; I can see this one devloving pretty quickly... I really don't think that any binding regulations can be reached ever. There's just too many factors... kids and adults use phones while they're passengers in cars. Can't shut them off. Can't determine exactly who is driving. Can't stop a driver from using someone else's phone. No way can they turn every phone into a dummy phone when it's inside a car.
However, if a car manufacturer and cell phone manufacturer offered an app that forced my son's phone to go into a "dummy mode" when he was behind the wheel of his own car, I'd certainly activate it. I think some common sense offerings could be put on the table for parents to use, or adults to opt-in. |
11-23-2016, 04:56 PM | #3 |
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They just won't pair the phone. The only thing that will curb these idiots behavior is law. Felony charges for holding a phone while driving. Watch that deal change overnight.
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11-23-2016, 04:58 PM | #4 |
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Insurance discounts to encourage use?
More like raise rates of those that don't. |
11-23-2016, 11:37 PM | #5 | |
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This situation will only help hasten the adoption of autonomous cars because being entertained by one's phone at all times is obviously more important than driving these days. |
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11-24-2016, 12:30 PM | #6 |
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We're at the point where you just need to trust people to do the right thing. Most people know they shouldn't be manually texting, reading emails, watching YouTube videos, etc. while driving just like they know they shouldn't be reading a book, knitting a scarf, etc. while driving. Perhaps try and increase awareness, but leave it at that. Christ.
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11-24-2016, 01:53 PM | #7 | |
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11-24-2016, 02:26 PM | #8 |
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There are already lots of laws on the books.
http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/l...hone_laws.html This chart (see link above) outlines state distracted driving laws. Some localities have additional regulations. Enforcement type is shown in parenthesis.
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11-24-2016, 10:35 PM | #9 |
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11-25-2016, 12:13 AM | #10 |
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I hope to God they don't add more unnecessary legislation... Officers can pull you over and just tag it as destractive driving. Sort of like the crazy peeps that drive with there knees while putting on makeup or other nonsensical reasons.
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01-23-2021, 08:25 AM | #12 |
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01-23-2021, 04:59 PM | #13 | |
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I am not a big fan of legislation either but we all have to realize we have a crack like addiction problem rampant in society. Phones man, it’s the new crack. I get in people’s ass at the gym and tell them to put their f’in pacifier away or get off the bench/machine. How stupid are people today? They are dumber to me than in the 90’s. You pay $17.50 for a movie ticket only to play on your phone in the theater. You go to a commercial gym to workout only to play on your phone. I see f’s in there playing some stupid video game on the phone camping on equipment. I’m like dude, you can do that at home. Then there is the driving. Slow driving, swerving, sitting at a green light. F me it needs to stop. Arrests are the only thing that will change the behavior. They are addicted like crack addicts. First time offense, stiff fine, 2nd offense, instant arrest and equivalent to DUI. Watch the behavior change overnight. This hit me hard just recently. I have my usual insurance meeting with my broker in late December for all renewals, home, auto, bikes, pwc, 4 different policies. It is usually a bad phone call and sucks to get it during holiday time because I’m already tired of the holidays at that point. Lines, traffic, just to do normal things like groceries. Well this year it was a good call. $120 annual decrease on homeowners. $500 decrease on bikes (unheard of) and my pwc policy dropped $50. Then he gets to auto, $1200 decrease in annual premium. I said Holy F are you kidding? Then he says yeah but that decrease is dependent on me running the insurance company app for 90 days to monitor me and my driving. They are mainly looking for you fiddling with your phone while driving but also hard acceleration, which I do all the time in my DD, especially when I’m at a stop sign and have to instantly merge to a 55 MPH service road. And hard braking and speeding and I definitely speed on our tollways. Say 80 mph in a 70 mph because I know how to drive, and I’m paying to be on the damn tollway. I can put up with it for 90 days. But what is f’d is I use my phone for tracks when I ride my bikes or ski. So now my auto policy carrier is going to see my breaking the law speeds on my bikes out in the desolate country, and seeing instant full throttle on the lake? They told me “You can go into the app and add notes that you were on different vehicles” and I’m like yeah right, like I want them knowing this. I have zero tickets, no accidents, homeowner, my vehicles are all garaged sans one and I built a massive carport and cocooned it in with with would like a tunnel to protect my truck from hail, or anything outside. Unless a tornado whips through here, ain’t making no claims on auto. So even though I break the law but have spent a lot of $ in training at tracks on bikes and in cars I have to run an app now if I don’t want to pay the outrageous auto premiums because of smartphone using f sticks. I never touch the phone in an auto while driving. If something elaborate comes up I pull over, into a parking lot, take care of it then start driving again. The pandemic is largely the same. We make up 20% of the world deaths because people are just stupid and don’t think about anyone but themselves. I don’t know how we stop this narcissistic behavior and distracted phone use but it needs to stop. People are dying. I know Police officers from Schutzhund work who tell me the phone distraction accidents are worse to work than DUI. IE more dangerous with messier cleanup. What is going to happen is the wireless carrier, or phone mfr. is going to end up tracking us 24/7 and reporting our behavior to insurance. More privacy down the tubes and the majority fin life and society up for the majority yet again. I’m tired of it. |
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01-23-2021, 07:58 PM | #14 |
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^^^ Possible solution(s): Put ins. co. tracking app on a separate phone for when you plan on driving "normally", or put your phone in some kind of signal-blocking case and load the "track apps" on another phone for track days and other recreational activities. I dunno...
Just turn mine off when driving (not sure if app would still be able to get location data from phone though). |
01-25-2021, 08:18 AM | #15 |
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That sounds like a deal with the devil.
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01-25-2021, 10:44 AM | #16 |
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03-13-2023, 09:41 AM | #17 |
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Hey everyone, I'm new to this forum and just stumbled upon this thread. It's crazy how addicted people are to their smartphones these days, especially while driving. I think it's great that NHTSA is trying to tackle this issue by targeting app developers and tech firms. I mean, who wants to risk their life just to check their Instagram feed while driving, amirite?
Besides, it seems like those actions are taken seriously. For instance, I've been seeing a lot of job postings for software developers lately, and I found this website, starnavi.io , that lists a bunch of opportunities. Last edited by taniyatmadden; 03-13-2023 at 11:47 AM. |
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