Today Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced, at CTIA, Sprint® Drive FirstTM . The android based app created by Location Labs will cost $2/month and is designed to: Lock the driver’s cell phone screen and redirect calls to voice mail. Block text-message alerts and auto-respond to the message sender that the driver is currently unavailable. Allow [...]
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Sprint Offers Android Based Distracted Driving App err… App to Reduce Distracted Driving
March 22nd, 2011 
Jeff Shariat 
Posted in Apps + Products, Safety + Security, Telematics 
Tags: android, apps, automotive, distracted driving, DoT, Emerging Tech, safety, Safety + Security 
Comments OffLaHood Still Looking at Cell Jamming Technology for Cars
November 30th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Ray LaHood has once again shown a tendency to want to completely block technology in the car. “There’s a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones and we’re looking at that,” Raymond LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation said during a discussion during MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” This will never happen. Ever. There are to [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Etc..., Featured, News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: apps, automotive, DoT, driver distraction, Emerging Tech, infotainment, iphone app, mobile, News, safety, Safety + Security, security, Sync, tech, Telematics Comments OffTexting Bans, Can They Work?
October 4th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Distracted Driving is the biggest buzzword of the automotive world and rightfully so. The influx of technology and information available to drivers offers an almost infinite number of reasons to take your eyes off the road and that is the opposite of what any of us want. To that end many states have enacted a [...]
Posted in Etc..., Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: distracted driving, driver distraction, NHSTA, safety, tech, Telematics, texting, texting ban 2 Comments »Guide-by-Touch Navigation Systems
September 28th, 2010 Jeff Shariat The concept of tactile feedback (I think technically this isn’t haptic…anyone?) is not new, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard of a tactile system being used to give directions. PopSci is reporting that University of Utah (UofU?) is working on a system that would use physical feedback to alert drivers of a need [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, News, Safety + Security Tags: haptic feedback, navigation, safety, safety and security, security, tech Comments OffDriving 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 [...]
Posted in Etc..., News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: distracted driving, driver distraction, first responders, News, safety 2 Comments »
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