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I assume they can tell who the "driver" is by checking who is using their navigation apps. Although I know this would hurt some really nice passengers who like
by ghostbrainalpha 7y ago
I assume they can tell who the "driver" is by checking who is using their navigation apps.
Although I know this would hurt some really nice passengers who like to set up the driving directions for their partners.
- 3JPLW 7y agoThat definitely won't work — my wife is in charge of my phone while I drive. This includes texting, GPS, and more. Even if you knew I was the one driving, just looking to see that my phone was in use wouldn't be accurate.
- ghostbrainalpha 7y agoThat's a good point. There are so many possible situations where a phone could be "safely" in use while the car is in motion, it would be really hard to use this information against the driver in almost any situation.
- loeg 7y agoIn fact, it seems the most likely explanation for Zendrive finding that the heaviest users of phones while in motion rated themselves as extremely safe — they just have bad data about who is actually driving.
- onion2k 7y agoI imagine it would be up to you to prove that in court if you want your insurance to pay out.
- leetcrew 7y agolike all great laws, it would hit the people trying to do the responsible thing hardest. why is it even close to acceptable than a man and his wife doing exactly the right thing should have to fight it in court to get their insurance payout?
- onion2k 7y agoBecause less scrupulous people would say they were doing the right thing when they weren't, and in a capitalist society like ours we prefer to defend profits rather than make things easier for people who are innocent.
- stordoff 7y agoHow would you prove that? The only way I can see is with even more intrusive tracking.
- skookumchuck 7y agoWhen I get a phone call when driving, if I'm alone, I ignore it. If I have a passenger, I have the passenger answer it.