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Since many areas refuse to ban the use of cellphones while driving we could at least make them safer by equipping them with a proximity warning system. The system would track the distance between a cellphone in an oncomming car versus any that were moving perpendicular to it. If the perpendicular phone
kept moving so it would enter the path of the oncomming car a loud honking sound would be emitted into the earpiece of the cellphone being used by the perpendicular car. If they stopped moving the honking would stop and they could continue their conversation (assuming they didn't stop right in the path of the oncomming car). Phones that were being used by cars legitimately merging with traffic would need a more sophisticated algorithm to determine if the user was likely to cause a collision.
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I like it. Can it be disabled if you're using a handsfree, though? That's only fair. + |
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How about adding flashing lights and a recorded announcement that says. . ."make way, the driver of this car is a reckless fool"
I think it should start up any time someone in the driver's seat uses a cell phone, regardless of their proximity to others.
Kind of like those " this vehicle is reversing" alerts you get on some trucks. |
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