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Originally Posted by jammies
The tech solution, presumably detecting your phone being in motion, has no way of knowing if you're a driver or a passenger in a car with your phone. Does it seem reasonable to stop passengers from using their phones while in a car too? What about bus passengers, or when you're on the LRT?
Technology isn't a panacea to fix all human stupidity.
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We are at an age were we have the technology to mount an industry standard proximity sensor under the driver's seat of all cars and then work with phone manufacturers to install universal antennas that work with the sensor under the seat within 2 foot radius to disable all screen functions if the canbus of the car detects motion via RPM/gear or speedometer (or the phone detecting motion). I imagine it's just a matter of cost and some important (celebrity/politician, etc) people dying due to distracted driving to have the safety standards mandate such equipment.