If you haven’t been keeping up with Matt Richtel’s New York Times series of articles on driver distraction now would probably be a good time to start. The Pulitzer Prize committee (it’s a committee, right?) has awarded a Pulitzer Prize to:
Matt Richtel and members of The New York Times Staff for incisive work, in print and [...]
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Driver Distraction Series Earns Pulitzer Prize
April 19th, 2010 
Jeff Shariat 
Posted in News, Safety + Security 
Tags: automotive, driver distraction, new york times, News, tech, technology, Telematics 
1 Comment »Hacker Uses Telematics System for Revenge
March 23rd, 2010 Jeff Shariat Alright, that headline is a bit much… It’s true though and re-raises some security concerns…
Apparently Omar Ramos-Lopez, 20, was laid off from the Texas Auto Center and decided he’d use a telematics system installed on some cars sold at that auto center to be very annoying. He used the system to activate the horns [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Safety + Security Tags: apps, automotive, Emerging Tech, infotainment, Safety + Security, security, Sync, tech, technology, Telematics 4 Comments »Driving Distracted (With a Badge?)
March 16th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Matt Richtel at the The New York Times talks about the ever growing number of police, fire fighters, paramedics, etc that are weaving through traffic at high speeds while talking on a cell phone or radio and typing on a laptop or navigation system.
Ambulances and police cars are becoming increasingly wired. Some 75 percent of [...]
Posted in Etc..., News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: distracted driving, driver distraction, first responders, News, safety 2 Comments »Ford Sync Feature Spotlight: Security
March 10th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Convergence is awesome and our smartphones are becoming more and more the central hub of our technology ecosystem (particularly the mobile ecosystem). That being said, I’ve always wondered how far we can go with convergence before losing my phone becomes a bigger problem then not being able to access x or y through my phone [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, Ford Sync / Touch, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: automotive, Ford, Ford Sync / Touch, security, Telematics 3 Comments »Will Toyota’s Issues Shine Spotlight on All In-Car Electronics?
February 24th, 2010 Jeff Shariat 
Yesterday I spent some time listening to Ray Lahood be questioned in the Senate hearings over Toyota. Today I’m listening to the Toyota executives. It’s pretty clear that this is not good for Toyota, but what the future holds nobody knows.
The responses across the board are basically, We’ll start doing everything we weren’t doing. Good [...]
Posted in Etc..., Featured, News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: DoT, Ford, Ford Sync / Touch, infotainment, Ray LaHood, Safety + Security, Sync, tech, Telematics, Toyota 2 Comments »Transportation Secretary ‘LaHood fears spread of in-car technology’
February 10th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Detroit News reports:
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is concerned that a host of technologies in new vehicles are distracting drivers.
“Some of these car manufacturers are putting all these gadgets and bells and whistles that are going to distract people — and we’re trying to get gadgets and bells and whistles out of their hands and out [...]
Posted in News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: convergence, DoT, Ford, News, regulations, Safety + Security, technology, Telematics 1 Comment »
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