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I am more or less in favor of this - but how do you solve for the problem that not everyone in the car is actually driving and may not want to be prevented from
by ejb999 3y ago
I am more or less in favor of this - but how do you solve for the problem that not everyone in the car is actually driving and may not want to be prevented from using their phone when riding as a passenger? If we can solve that one, it sounds like a no-brainer to me.
- Amezarak 3y agoI don't think you can in an intelligent way. One simple solution would be to only disable the screen if the phone is connected to car Bluetooth - but this would just result in most phone addicts not connecting their phone to the car. That's why people are against it - the idea of passengers returning to the pre-smartphone era while traveling seems to be considered by most people totally outrageous and and unacceptable price to pay for lowering the accident rate, which has climbed almost solely to due smartphones.
- bluefirebrand 3y ago> most people totally outrageous and and unacceptable What's totally outrageous and unacceptable is the idea that my phone can tell me when I'm allowed to use it or not, based on arbitrary rules set up by tech clowns who are not in my current situation and do not know why I might need it. It's frankly asinine to suggest I should not be able to look up a map of a city while riding a bus because someone else might be texting and driving. Most people would find this outrageous because it is.
- newaccount74 3y agoEven that is stupid. A passenger should be able to add a stop to the navigation while the car is in motion.
- Amezarak 3y agoI can do this with voice on my iPhone. Worst case scenario you pull over and do it.
- jwally 3y agoMaybe insurance companies can give discounts for installing their app that "locks" your phone while in motion. If you're the passenger and want to unlock the phone...take a selfie? More psychology than tech here. This wouldn't affect mass transit commuters since they wouldn't have a car insurance app. The insurance company could sell it as a way to get additional savings...I recently did something similar with safeco that was way more invasive. Not perfect, but if Im Geico; I have a team mulling over something similar as an easy way to drop accident rates...?
- nytesky 3y agoEvery phone has a camera. Basically require the forward facing camera to be on if using the phone above X mph. From there, we should have sufficient computer vision processing to identify if someone is driving, and refuse to allow any use until given to a passenger or pulled over. Additionally we could require all phones to support the SafeDriving protocol, and there be dash mounted camera in all cars with appropriate computer vision to identify unsafe phone use while driving lock ALL phones within the car or slow car to the curb.