chrisleuty
Veteran
What's the app?
Powering off would be a pain but shut off use would be sensible?
There is a driving option in Focus on the iPhone which limits incoming notifications etc:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208090
What's the app?
Powering off would be a pain but shut off use would be sensible?
Perhaps they could get out of their car to make the emergency call.
Perhaps they could get out of their car to make the emergency call.
The Judge will follow the advice of the sentencing council. I would guess that the Judge will start at Level 2 (Driving that created a substantial risk of danger) or Level 1, the most serious level (a deliberate decision to ignore or disregard the rules of the road and the great danger being caused to others). One of those starts at 5 years, the other at 8 years. He didn't plead guilty so no discount there. There are aggravating factors - trying to pretend that his baby son was playing with the phone and driving unsafely with his child in the car. There may be others. From the article we don't see any mitigating factors.Minimum 10yrs jail and 20yr ban.
Don't most cars now have a feature that calls the emergency services automatically if there is a crash?Unless, of course, they are injured and unable to get out. Or maybe they are trapped inside a damaged vehicle…
Don't most cars now have a feature that calls the emergency services automatically if there is a crash?
Elon Musk already has. It's called stopping people driving and letting the computers do it. This is much safer.Sadly until using a mobile when driving becomes socially unacceptable. Tech and car companies wont come up with a real hard line solution.
Elon Musk already has. It's called stopping people driving and letting the computers do it. This is much safer.
Elon Musk already has. It's called stopping people driving and letting the computers do it. This is much safer.
Well, 42,915 people died in motor crashes in 2021. Around 400 of those crashes may have involved driverless cars. When self-driving tech was actually enabled the death rate is almost zero. Tesladeaths reports higher numbers but includes a lot of incidental deaths where autopilot may not have been solely to blame. In any event the numbers are way below those caused by humans.yeah right
Not exactly a mass market solution and will do nothing to bring about social attitude changers.
Not yet a mass market solution.
Well, 42,915 people died in motor crashes in 2021. Around 400 of those crashes may have involved driverless cars. When self-driving tech was actually enabled the death rate is almost zero. Tesladeaths reports higher numbers but includes a lot of incidental deaths where autopilot may not have been solely to blame. In any event the numbers are way below those caused by humans.
In the mean time 1000's will continue to die or be left with injuries some life changing due to driver attitude. In turn continue to treated more easily by the law due to society continued view of it. Tech solutions now or in the future will do little to deal with the real threat we are facing daily on our roads.