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Let's play a game called "how long can I take my eyes off the road before I crash!" It's a blast! Just asks these kids.
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All I want to know is why did these teens have in vehicle event recorders... and where can I get one when my child becomes driving age because I will lay down the law so hard if I ever see them using the phone while driving to the point where they will be riding the bus until they can afford to buy their own car plus their own insurance.
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This was on the Today show, the cameras are installed by the insurance company in exchange for lowered rates.... rates that I'm guessing aren't so low anymore for these kids.
I'm not mad at kids being kids. I'm mad at our government for not properly training them to drive. I'm mad at our government for handing out driver's licenses like candy to incompetent people, many of whom don't even speak English. I'm mad at our government for lack of enforcement of REAL dangerous driving behavior and proper repercussions for it (a money making scheme, instead of just taking away driver's licenses for periods of time appropriate for the severity of the event and driver history). I'm mad at our government for not requiring mobile devices to have restricted functionality when A-GPS detects its moving at speed (we won't die if we can't text for 10 mins riding a train, people somehow managed in the 90s just fine).
99% of people don't actually know what to do in an emergency situation when your car begins to lose control, they panic and thus you get the above "see/saw". Both Canada (where I am) and the US have terrible driver programs that don't teach anything close to this.
Go to Finland.... Now thats Driver testing, want to know why many of the best drivers in the world are from Finland? Cause you are taught how to drive in every condition and its incredibly difficult to pass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnYGhAXbDsM
I'm not mad at kids being kids. I'm mad at our government for not properly training them to drive. I'm mad at our government for handing out driver's licenses like candy to incompetent people, many of whom don't even speak English. I'm mad at our government for lack of enforcement of REAL dangerous driving behavior and proper repercussions for it (a money making scheme, instead of just taking away driver's licenses for periods of time appropriate for the severity of the event and driver history). I'm mad at our government for not requiring mobile devices to have restricted functionality when A-GPS detects its moving at speed (we won't die if we can't text for 10 mins riding a train, people somehow managed in the 90s just fine).
Most teenagers are stupid and irresponsible. What can and should change is our tolerance level for stupidity and ignorance. Driver's licenses should be like pilot's licenses, with a proper advanced level of training and little tolerance for reckless behavior, and knowledge that disregard for safety will lose you your license and you may never get it back.
The one thing it doesn't do it disable cell phone usage which is probably the most important feature to include.
Wasn't planning on replying... didn't even watch the video.. But now I'm going to. The Pebl was the best! Speaking of which, you shouldn't even be distracted while driving with that phone. You open it one handed - glance at the screen for a split second - and put it back down by your side. T-9word was a thing, and you could write a paragraph while shifting gears because of all the ridges separating the keys. These kids are just bad drivers.Sweet Motorola Pebl for the kid at the 1:00 mark. 2006-08 super tech! (to be fair, my mom still adores her's)
They need to text 911? I don't think so. You realize you can even dial 911 on a locked phone that you don't know the PIN to. There is absolutely no reason to think that they couldn't disable certain functionality, while allowing a 911 call to go through unhindered.But what about genuine emergency situations, such as when the driver is in the car by themselves and being pursued by a road rager? What about when the motion detector that allows or disallows cell phone usage by the driver malfunctions while the driver is experiencing a genuine emergency? Yes, distracted driving happens a lot more than those scenarios, but can car manufacturers protect themselves from lawsuits when those scenarios do happen? The path of least vulnerability to lawsuit is to not offer the option at all.
They need to text 911? I don't think so. You realize you can even dial 911 on a locked phone that you don't know the PIN to. There is absolutely no reason to think that they couldn't disable certain functionality, while allowing a 911 call to go through unhindered.
Yep for most of these people it was probably their first time ever feeling a car out of control like that, so the way they reacted isn't surprising at all. I'm sure being distracted by their cell phone didn't help either though, since they weren't exactly focusing on the job at hand.
Really they might as well just get drunk instead. At least that is fun while it lasts.![]()
Yep for most of these people it was probably their first time ever feeling a car out of control like that, so the way they reacted isn't surprising at all. I'm sure being distracted by their cell phone didn't help either though, since they weren't exactly focusing on the job at hand.
Really they might as well just get drunk instead. At least that is fun while it lasts.![]()
When I took drivers ed it was through a 3rd party with a license to teach drivers ed. Did a great job for me. I can parallel park like a ninja. I didn't know the govenment was teaching drivers ed.
I worked as a medic for quite a few years and still involved and I can tell you that txt'ing and driving deaths far out number the deaths from drunk and driving now and I don;t care what the stats say.
my phone knows when I am driving because it goes into that mode, I set it up that way. If my phone is capable of knowing I am driving then Federal Law should shut phone down to voice activated only or only over the radio.
Soon we will all have google self driven cars so no worries.
Either I'm really confused or you are.How do you expect to disable cell phone usage without jamming it? None of the people who text and drive will voluntarily plug their phone into a device that prevents any part of its use.
my phone knows when I am driving because it goes into that mode, I set it up that way. If my phone is capable of knowing I am driving then Federal Law should shut phone down to voice activated only or only over the radio.