A pair of US inventors are bringing to market a computerized car key that prevents people from chatting on mobile telephones or sending text messages while driving.
Key2SafeDriving adds to a trend of using technology to thwart speeding, drunken driving, and other risky behavior proven to ramp-up the odds of crashing.
Once slipped into a car's ignition, the key created by US university researcher Xuesong Zhou and Dr. Wallace Curry sends a wireless signal to a driver's mobile phone blocking calls or texting.
"If you're in driving mode, you can't talk or text -- period," a character tells a friend trying in vain to send a text message while driving a car in a YouTube video demonstrating how the keys work.
The keys are being pitched as a way for parents to stop teenage children from focusing attention on beloved mobile telephones instead of traffic.
A growing number US states are enacting laws against teenagers using mobile telephones while driving.
Shem...it's really not a bad idea. Something has to give. I am sure you would agree that one of the toughest things in life is death of family and friends...and when teenagers die stupidly it's even worse...
simplesoundz said
19:31 01/06 2009
ha
DJSARGE said
20:23 01/09 2009
well guess what? i just wont get that car... problem solved! and lets say i have a bluetooth headset? hmmmm... or what if im drivin and i need to reach 911? hmmm
Teacha said
16:22 01/14 2009
ja kno a wey dem really a invent
dj kaynine said
22:07 02/06 2009
it will have its advantages and disadvantages cuz
it will reduce stupid deaths but it might cause unnecessary deaths also cuz lets say the person saw someone for say getting held up and need to call the police for his/her own safety they need to keep driving while at the same time they need to call the police so yea its good and bad
Shem1 said
22:10 02/06 2009
MZJ wrote:
Shem...it's really not a bad idea. Something has to give. I am sure you would agree that one of the toughest things in life is death of family and friends...and when teenagers die stupidly it's even worse...
WELL WHAT IF AN EMERGENCY HAPPEN AND YOUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS ARE TRYING TO CONTACT YOU, THEN THAT COULD BE A PROBABLY
Key2SafeDriving adds to a trend of using technology to thwart speeding, drunken driving, and other risky behavior proven to ramp-up the odds of crashing.
Once slipped into a car's ignition, the key created by US university researcher Xuesong Zhou and Dr. Wallace Curry sends a wireless signal to a driver's mobile phone blocking calls or texting.
"If you're in driving mode, you can't talk or text -- period," a character tells a friend trying in vain to send a text message while driving a car in a YouTube video demonstrating how the keys work.
The keys are being pitched as a way for parents to stop teenage children from focusing attention on beloved mobile telephones instead of traffic.
A growing number US states are enacting laws against teenagers using mobile telephones while driving.
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WELL WHAT IF AN EMERGENCY HAPPEN AND YOUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS ARE TRYING TO CONTACT YOU, THEN THAT COULD BE A PROBABLY