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What if you are just a passenger in the car? How will they determine this?
by georgeott 10y ago
What if you are just a passenger in the car? How will they determine this?
- koenigdavidmj 10y agoIf the phone is connected to a car by Bluetooth or USB, assume it's the driver's. If you get it wrong, it's just a minor inconvenience (unplug if you really need to use those features).
- Johnny555 10y agoDoesn't that just encourage drivers that want to use their phone while driving to not tether their phone to their car's bluetooth?
- jaxbot 10y agoMy partner and I will trade off who drives, but mine is always the one on Bluetooth. This would make it super annoying for me to navigate to places as a passenger, and I'd have to use her phone, which then shows the defects in the system.
- ajmurmann 10y agoThis would be a disaster for me. Whenever my wife and I are traveling in the US she is the driver and I am the navigator. My phone will be connected and I have to "translate"/enhance Waze directions for her and take care of the music. So none of that would be possible anymore. Would be the same BS as some cars that won't allow me to pair my phone while my wife is driving. I guess we would just have to use the phone speakers then.
- adiabatty 10y agoYou shouldn't have to stop charging your phone to be able to use it in the car, especially when GPS sucks battery something fierce.
- pcl 10y agoA good question. From the article, one of the things the guidelines call for is that manufacturers "develop technology to identify when the devices are being used by a driver while driving. That would ensure the limits are placed on drivers and not other vehicle occupants." I bet that if the handset manufacturers were to work with the car manufacturers, they could pretty easily locate the phone to a foot or so with minimal battery impact.
- raldi 10y agoSo not only will people still use apps while driving, now they'll do it while reaching their arm way out over the passenger seat.
- StephenConnell 10y agoThat's not a big change. Don't you already reach way down below the windows so other drivers and police can't see you are using your phone?
- lathiat 10y agoThis is actually very possible you'd be surprised. Find a keyless car system that also lets you start it such as in the Mitsubishi Evo X and test the range around doors and within the driver seat etc that it lets you start the car. Surprisingly accurate. Key just outside the drivers door won't start and the boot won't open if it's basically where the tail light is etc. and that's 10 year old tech.
- dmoy 10y agoWhat about the passenger seat though? My EE/physics is rusty, but inside vs outside of a giant metal cage might be easier than slightly to the right but still inside.
- sandworm101 10y agoReally? Deploy location technology inside a car just to enforce a "driver mode"? A market that consistently rejects tech to enforce speed limits isn't going to accept technology to limit app use in cars. All it will take is one story of someone trapped inside a crashed/stuck car being unable to call for help, or unable to text for help, and nobody will dare to so disable phones. I cannot wait to see that tech also be deployed to enforce "airplane mode 2.0" so a voice can break in to my music to inform me about the latest skymall deals.
- jastanton 10y agoRandom brainstorm: Disable every phone in motion, the only way to enable it is to pair with the car. If everyone has to register with a single database and car manufactures have control over it then the car can detect if the person paired with Bluetooth is allowed to be on their phone or not. This wouldn't work if driver wanted the passenger to use their phone. Just thinking out loud, seeing as this is a idea I don't like
- rat87 10y agoEasiest thing would be to just use auto mode when connected to a car dashboard or car bt speaker and don't allow exit while traveling at high speed.
- gedy 10y agoMany cars have seat sensors - so disable the phone if there is only the driver's seat occupied
- sliken 10y agoAnd watch as MPG drops when people start carrying 100 pounds of whatever in the passenger seat.
- emp_zealoth 10y agoMy car's sensor will trigger on a semi-decent sized watermelon. Drives me fucking insane - it's a Volvo so it really explodes when it triggers when going fast... It's like somebody just fired a missile at you -.-
- hkon 10y agoeasiest is probably to install a camera in the car which films the driver and alerts the authorities when you are using the cell.
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- krisroadruck 10y agoyeah because fuck privacy amiright guys? /s
- hkon 10y agosmart people sure are stupid
- ikonst 10y agoMake you perform a challenge that's possible with two hands but impossible with one. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMXEOAvfb4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMXEOAvfb4
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- crooked-v 10y agoWhat happens when people try to do this while driving with their knees?
- ubersync 10y agoOr, people who don't have two hands?
- sankae 10y agoMan without arms denied loan because he can't provide finger prints http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38077013/man-without-arms-denied-loan-in-china-because-he-cant-provide-finger-prints http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38077013/man-without-a...