Feds to crack down on texting while driving

[koalabear]

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants automakers to put limits on vehicle technologies that permit texting and cellphone calling when a car is moving, as part of a broader effort to stop driving behaviors that could be distracting and cause crashes.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposed voluntary steps on Thursday that would establish new safety criteria for hands-free calling, navigation, and entertainment systems that have become common in new cars and trucks.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46414414#.Tz1mUsqyxIs

 

[chillywilly2]

So, if you dial your phone the car automatically slams the brakes on....sounds dangerous to me

 

[eyer]

It's way too late in Lemmingland for citizens to actually raise constitutional concerns re: this issue...

...no, now it's simply a democratic debate about whether it's a good idea or not.

Government has to love such docile subjects...

 

[koalabear]

So, if you dial your phone the car automatically slams the brakes on....sounds dangerous to me

Nope, then the sensors will automatically park it for you.

 

[chillywilly2]

Nope, then the sensors will automatically park it for you.

What if you don't have a quarter for the meter

 

[QueenLevitra]

I've said it before and here I go again;

America is run by the insurance companies.