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Show HN: Road Rules – fun, interactive way to stop texting while driving
- brudgers 11y agoI love the application of a text base interface to text. It's the way this problem used to be solved. What's the privacy policy?
- ljensen 11y agoI'm glad that you like the idea. Here's the official privacy policy: http://roadrules.co/terms/privacy.html http://roadrules.co/terms/privacy.html We're trying to maintain everyone's privacy while offering a helpful service. Some ways that we are doing that include - In the app, the user has a white list to manage who can request location and availability data. - Maintaining as much data on the phone as possible (versus sending it to the cloud).
- ursus_bonum 11y agoHow does it know if I'm driving, or merely a passenger? This seems impossible.
- ljensen 11y agoCurrently, there is a heads-up notification to indicate that you are a passenger. So if you're using your phone as a passenger, you can dismiss it right away. Going forward, we're researching ideas on how to tell the difference.
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- djensen47 11y agoHere's a screenshot: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/photo/105757395297579991916/6266142329630470050 https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/photo/1057573952975799919... It's not impossible to detect passenger vs. driver, it's just not easy. ;-)
- ericclemmons 11y agoI think this is a great idea. Having something for accountability (besides fighting one's own addiction) is helpful. I've found myself responding at stop lights, which inevitably means finishing a text after the light turns green. It looks like this app does a good job of communicating the most important statuses on the user's behalf, removing that responsibility.