DriveAssist Blocks Incoming Calls When Driving
Oct 14, 2008, 4:07 PM by Eric M. Zeman
New software from Aegis Mobility can detect when a cell phone is moving at car speeds and will automatically route all calls directly to voicemail and hold text messages until it determines that the phone is no longer in motion. The software works with the phone's GPS unit in conjunction with the mobile network operator. It has some features that allow for certain numbers to always get through, as well as allow car passengers to bypass it. Emergency calls will always go through. Voicemails and text messages are delivered to the phone once it stops moving. DriveAssist supports Windows Mobile and Symbian-based phones.
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Comments
Where, exactly, is the market for this?
If you don't want to talk on the phone while driving, don't pick it up. How big an idiot would subscribe to a service that does this for you and takes away your options in the process? I should be surprised that anyone would submit to this kind of moronic enterprise but, sadly, I'm not.
You have to remember that in California its legal for you to sneak in from Mexico but your not aloud to talk on your cellphone and drive at the same time!
this feature is targeted towards the socialist state of California.
this feature is targeted towards the socialist state of California.
How about if you were the parent of a kid who has a cell phone and had just gotten their driver's license? I sure would sign him up for this.
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If you don't want to talk on the phone while driving, don't pick it up. How big an idiot would subscribe to a service that does this for you and takes away your options in the process? I should be surprised that any
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Hmmm.....
1) What if you're not the driver? You can't talk on you cell nor do messaging if you're a passenger? Sucks. I do lots of txt and some calling when I'm on public transportation for my commute to work.
2) What is the speed for the trigger? 10MPH? slower? 5-10MPH isn't an unreasonable walking or jogging speed... yet a car at that pace, driving by someone who isn't paying attention due to their phone, could still be dangerous. So, which is it: can I not talk/txt while jogging, or can I still cause property damage as long as I'm just driving slow enough?
2) What is the speed for the trigger? 10MPH? slower? 5-10MPH isn't an unreasonable walking or jogging speed... yet a car at that pace, driving by someone who isn't paying attention due to their phone, could still be dangerous. So, which is it: can I not talk/txt while jogging, or can I still cause property damage as long as I'm just driving slow enough?
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1) What if you're not the driver? You can't talk on you cell nor do messaging if you're a passenger? Sucks. I do lots of txt and some calling when I'm on public transportation for my commute to work.
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Ok, so even if you never disabled the service, youre still gonna stop at a light or stop sign, and then your phone rings... Do you struggle between picking up the phone and slamming on the gas, or how does that work?? Assuming you decided to do both...
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Unfortunately a lot of people out there need big brother.
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No thanks I love driving and texting!
Use you own jugment last thing we need is govt controll over when we can talk or text.
Did you read the article at all? This is not a government program at all. It is an optional service if you want it. I think it's a great idea.
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Sure go ahead and keep on driving and texting. I hope you drive into a pole or off a bridge and die horribly. The same goes for anyone else who does it. Nobody will miss you and the more of you who do it means there's that many less stupid people in t...
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I would be all for you doing whatever the heck you want as long as you could guarantee you would be the only one to suffer consequences should you have an accident.
Since you are not the only person in the world, you should not be allowed to use ...
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Yeah, but if have a kid who just got a driver's license you might not trust him to do that.
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That could work too, but the advantage of this service is that you can still have callers on a safe list that you can barge through.
$10 a month for a quickly drained battery?
Not for me.
I guess the fact that parent's can enable and enforce this on their kids' phones is the only application that makes sense. But I still wouldn't ever pay for it, and would get tired of hearing my daughter complain that her battery is dead before she gets home from school.
I guess the fact that parent's can enable and enforce this on their kids' phones is the only application that makes sense. But I still wouldn't ever pay for it, and would get tired of hearing my daughter complain that her battery is dead before she gets home from school.
Here's the best solution!!!...
...and I've said this before. A condom on your phone always insures practice of safe text 😁
It also protects your phone from getting a virus! 😳
It also protects your phone from getting a virus! 😳
A nice feature for families
I could see this really working well for teen drivers. No kids yet for me, but when my kids are teens, this will be part of their plan. Maybe carriers will start incorporating it with their usage controls.
I'm sure that in places like California, it'll be pushed into law that it be mandated, just like hands free. Insurance companies would like it.
I would only think that should would be 'allowed' if there is an override option (i.e. passengers should ...
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I would only think that should would be 'allowed' if there is an override option (i.e. passengers should ...
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This seems like a great idea unless...
They start to pre-load this into the operating system and prevent you from disabling it...
Nanny State
Geeze, talk about living in a Nanny State, this is terrible! How about developing an asshole assist for this developer, if they come up with something similar they get hit in the head with a baseball bat.
Farker?
