Getting TEENS that SPEED off the road
July 1st 2008 07:46
By JIM FOTI, Star Tribune
Here's one way to get teen drivers off the cell phone: Make them hook it up to the speedometer and automatically text Mom and Dad whenever the car is speeding.
The phones could conceivably keep track of such things as the number of passengers in the car, whether they're wearing seatbelts and even monitor the volume of the stereo.
The speed tattletale went on display at the U Monday. A top official from the U.S. Department of Transportation was there to praise the U's growing role in traffic safety research and announce a new national information-sharing service on rural highway safety measures.
The Teen Driver Support System gives drivers a voice warning about excessive speeds before sending the text message. The system uses global-positioning technology and a database of local speed limits to determine when a vehicle is going too fast.
ASK YOUSELF WHY JUST TEENS - that's a point, isn't it?
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