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The Telecom Digest
Volume 29 : Issue 89 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Re: New technology could warn drivers about cell phones (Sam Spade)
Re: New technology could warn drivers about cell phones (David Clayton)
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:04:09 -0700
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: New technology could warn drivers about cell phones
Message-ID: <_hpsn.21565$iu2.21009@newsfe15.iad>
Wesrock@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/29/2010 11:46:29 AM Central Daylight Time,
> thad@thadlabs.com writes:
>
>
>>Cars use lights, bells and buzzers to remind drivers to fasten their
>>seat belts as they start their engines.
>
>
> My car issues so many tones and beeps all the time your driving to
> constitute a distraction themselves.
>
> It is hard someimtes to tell what some of them are for, and where to
> find a display relevant to the noises.
>
> The manual has a full page listing all the icons they use for various
> purposes and warnings on the dash display. And there is another
> display overhead you've got to look for.
>
> Wes Leatherock
> wesrock@aol.com
> wleathus@yahoo.com
>
My car is pretty high-tech but it is silent while in motion unless I
activate a route in the GPS Navigator. But, that is my choice, not
forced upon me.
My car also has a factory-installed hands-free BlueTooth link to my cell
phone...again my choice for the resultant noise if someone calls.
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:03:34 +1100
From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: New technology could warn drivers about cell phones
Message-ID: <pan.2010.03.30.22.03.32.225921@myrealbox.com>
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:50:06 -0700, Thad Floryan wrote: ........
>> Many states ban drivers from using cell phones without handsfree
>> devices, but a recent insurance industry study found that such laws
>> haven't reduced crashes. It's not clear why, but one reason might be
>> that drivers flout the laws.
.......
And to follow up on using phones while driving, here is something the
state government I have has just come up with:
http://www.themotorreport.com.au/50087/dont-be-a-dickhead-new-vicroads-online-campaign-targets-young-drivers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_cam
paign=Feed%3A+TheMotorReport+(The+Motor+Report)
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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measure of how many questions you have.
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