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Safety Challenges * USA - Smart Phones Create New Telematics
This idea that people are going to be separated from their devices is not going to happen,” Chris Preuss, president of General Motors Co.’s
Dearborn,MI,USA -Wards Auto, by Tom Murphy -May 21, 2010: -- Blackberries, smart phones and other hand-held devices have made the Internet portable, but they also create serious hazards on roadways... 21% of 1.6 million injury accidents involve distracted driving. The problem won’t be getting better soon, experts say... “This will be one of the major social imperatives of the next decade,” Preuss says... OnStar’s model is to continue offering hands-free technologies that promote safe driving, such as real-time navigation services that take into account traffic patterns, based on the 5.5 million subscribers using OnStar... Technology can solve the problem of distracted driving, rather than exacerbate it, says fellow panelist Bob Schumacher, general director-advanced product development and business strategy, Delphi Corp. The Troy, MI, supplier is part of the Genivi consortium of auto makers, suppliers and software providers dedicated to using an automotive grade Linux operating system, enabling portable devices to connect more readily with vehicle computers, Schumacher says. At that point, hands-free operation of devices would be simple... (Photo from farm4.static.flickr)
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