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Angel And The Wolf · 01-31-2018, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Xist

How does the phone know if the user is driving? Should it disable all phones in the vehicle, including the brats in the back seat? What about bus passengers?

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Angel And The Wolf · 01-31-2018, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Angel And The Wolf

GPS
Yes, they still have their video games.
Acceptable Collateral Damage

Oh. it can't know about the position in the car, so, yes, all phones in the car.

jamesqf · 02-01-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Xist

How does the phone know if the user is driving? Should it disable all phones in the vehicle, including the brats in the back seat? What about bus passengers?

I think it should be possible to use the phone's signals to give a fairly precise location within the car. So then you just have to worry about the real addicts who convert their cars to right-hand drive.

Angel And The Wolf · 02-01-2018, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesqf

I think it should be possible to use the phone's signals to give a fairly precise location within the car.

When you figure that out, let me know.

spacemanspif · 02-01-2018, 10:38 PM

Or maybe people can put on their big girl and boy pants and try being responsible members of society for a change. My phone dings in the car and I check it at the next redlight or when I get to my destination...no fancy software....no big brother over policing my life...no satellite signals...just me, motivated by not wanting to crash and ruin my day.

Plus there is no time to text when you're busy dodging potholes...I think I've seen better roads in war zone pictures than the roads around me; they've taken a beating this winter and have not rolled with the punches well.

Angel And The Wolf · 02-01-2018, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by spacemanspif

Or maybe people can put on their big girl and boy pants and try being responsible members of society for a change.

BWAH HA HA HA! Never happen

freebeard · 02-02-2018, 02:37 AM

I don't know what it's like in Texas. But on Internet, responsibility has new-found respectability due to the Youtube videos of Jordan B. Peterson.

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Originally Posted by jamesqf

I think it should be possible to use the phone's signals to give a fairly precise location within the car.

When you figure that out, let me know.

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