At Ford, texting while driving is job none
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Susan M. Cischke, Ford’s group vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering, said in the statement, "The most complete and most recent research shows that activity that draws drivers’ eyes away from the road for an extended period while driving, such as text messaging, substantially increases the risk of accidents. Ford believes hands-free, voice-activated technology substantially reduces that risk by allowing drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. Ford supports a ban on hand-held text messaging while driving." Ford's support stops short at the company's own Ford Sync system of in-car, hands-free communication that allows most cellphones to be used without holding them, and also reads text messages aloud. Senator Schumer praised the automaker for supporting a ban, saying that the company deserves credit for stepping up and becoming the first automaker to endorse one. So far, 14 states and the District of Columbia have banned driving and texting.
source: NYTimes
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4 Comments
1. vulgar posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:43 0 0
So what they need to do is somehow make bluetooth texting.. im sure its possible. OR we could just learn to call instead of text.. prop. the smarter decision.
4. vmatikov posted on 13 Sep 2009, 15:20 0 0
Oh hey BlackBerryUser.. Remember me? Ya. I agree with vulgar... Calling > texting, and we all text way too much (me included). Let's all learn to call instead of text in certain situation.. Better yet let's learn to pick up our phones. kthxbai
2. durkadurkha posted on 12 Sep 2009, 13:14 0 0
So protecting me from my cell phone in the car is more important than protecting my identity from being stolen?
