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RULES, REGULATIONS & TECHNO DEVELOPMENTS * USA
* New Jersey - Rutgers Engineers Design Cell Phone App to Reduce Distracted Driving
(Credit by Radu Razvan: Rutgers engineers have developed an app that senses whether a driver is using a cell phone and takes steps to reduce distractions)
Piscataway,NJ,USA -Rutgers -15 Aug 2012: -- Laws that limit cell phone use while driving don’t seem to be curbing accidents blamed on drivers who insist on talking or texting behind the wheel... This has some engineers and lawmakers wondering if technology can do what threats of fines or jail time are not. Could cell phones automatically become less distracting while their owners are driving?... Rutgers engineers believe they can. They and colleagues at Stevens Institute of Technology have designed and tested a smart phone application that pinpoints where a cell phone user is sitting: on the driver’s side or the passenger’s side... If the latter, the app lets the passenger use the phone with no restrictions... If the former, the app takes several actions that reduce distractions to the driver. For example, it can silently forward incoming calls and texts to message boxes for later retrieval. It could also respond automatically to a caller or texter, saying that the owner is currently driving and will reply later. Or it could offer to put a voice call through if a caller or texter indicates the matter is urgent. For outgoing communication, the app could disable texting and make placing certain calls less difficult, perhaps by offering a short list of frequent contacts shown as large on-screen buttons...
* DC - 'Black box' standards coming for cars
Washington,DC,USA -The Hills, by Pete Kasperowicz -14 Aug 2012: -- New federal standards for "black boxes" that record information leading up to auto accidents will will take effect Sept. 1, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ruled on Tuesday... The decision means the new standards for the devices will not be delayed by one year, as automakers had requested... The federal standards will apply only to cars that are voluntarily outfitted with event data recorders (EDRs), also known as black boxes. But while the government does not yet require all cars to have black boxes installed, NHTSA is still thought to be considering a federal mandate as a next step, possibly this year... NHTSA standards for black boxes were proposed in 2006, but have been delayed since then. In 2009, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers suggested a delay to Sept. 1, 2013, arguing that this would give auto companies more time to work with original equipment manufacturers to ensure the standard can be met...Labels: cell phones ban, rules and regulations
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