Goverment to disable Cellphone use in cars - Page 6

JCL · #51 12-05-2010, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexK

Will never be implemented - passengers in moving cars would be also affected, and would sue and win because they are not endangering anyone else by distracting themselves.

It probably never will be implemented, as your FCC seems to be more powerful than your DOT, and communication seems to trump transportation.

However, technology already exists to block calls from a single seating position (the driver), while allowing calls from other seating positions, the vehicle itself, and to 911. It is referenced in the article in the first post. This stops hand helds, and texting, by the driver. It just violates some FCC rule about freedom of the airwaves.

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JCL · #52 12-05-2010, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexK

I don't see the exact description of it, but it's probably a simple signal jammer, which is also unlikely to work properly. It needs to be very precise to affect only certain area in vehicle (again, you can't make passengers be affected by such thing), plus the driver can hold the phone away from him at a significant distance (especially when texting, or simply using "speakerphone" function) which will easily "defeat" such system. All in all, I don't see ANY way such (or any other) existing technology can reliably prevent the driver (only) from using his cellphone.

I didn't know about this product, but read about it in the first post. No comment on how well it works. Given the current rate of technological advance however, I don't think it would be a problem to have a reliable system by the time any such driver cellphone law came into effect.

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Maybe the way to get around societal objections is to have insurance companies offer discounts for voluntary installation of such devices, the same way they reward users of Tracker for car theft premiums.

Thunder22 · #53 12-06-2010, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Thunder22

"No matter how much research and proof that will be given. People will always think they are the 2.5%."

Did you write that or did you crib it from one of the studies?

It sure looks like you wrote it, and if you took it from one of the studies, you should have attributed it to the article so that people don't draw an incorrect conclusion. My money is on you writing it, which is stereotyping everyone. The prosecution rests.

I guess you wrote it. Silence is agreement.

Too bad you can't admit when you're wrong Fonzy

Quicksilver · #54 12-06-2010, 09:55 PM

If you didn't read the article I linked then give it a try. What I said is in the first
paragraph and I agree with what it says.

Most people can't talk on a cellphone and drive safely, study finds | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times

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