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Feb 18, 2012

RULES & REGULATIONS * USA

* DC - DOT issues guidelines to limit dashboard distractions

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by Christine Tierney -February 17, 2012: -- Safety regulators are urging automakers to design dashboard technology with a view to limiting the amount of time that drivers take their eyes off the road and their hands off the wheel... Under guidelines issued Thursday, the Department of Transportation also proposed that automakers disable time-consuming functions, such as text-messaging or Web browsing, unless the car is parked... Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, estimated that 3,000 people were killed in 2010 in accidents attributed to distracted driving. It's a growing problem as automakers pile on interactive technology and Web-based features into new models... Under NHTSA's guidelines, automakers would reduce the length, complexity and amount of inputs required for interactive tasks involving the driver... Operations would be designed to need one hand only, and not require the driver to glance away from the road for more than two seconds... More time-consuming functions, such as text-messaging, Web browsing or entering addresses into navigation systems, would be disabled while the vehicle was in motion...

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