NTSB Urging Ban on Personal Electronics in Cars

[mrplunkey]

NTSB votes to ban use of all personal electronics in cars - Yahoo! News

So it will come down to cops searching your cell phone and/or subpoenaing your cell phone records.

Solution:

1) TOR-style routing, where Internet-style messaging gets routed from relay to relay, with no one but the ultimate destination knowing it has the final message.

2) Intermediate messages will be PGP encrypted, with 4096 bits (the really ugly stuff)

3) Then users will do VOIP (a.k.a. Skype style) and the phone application will have an option to turn-off call history.

So what will they see?

A cell phone in your car. Maybe even a bluetooth earpiece in your ear (perhaps you lose it if you don't wear it...) and a cell phone that's continuously chattering with the internet (on the network, you'll always be passing traffic through your phone -- only a portion of it is for you).

This will make a great case study in unintended consequences someday. They'll inadvertently create the ultimate secure cell phone-based network for drug dealers, criminals, pimps, terrorists, etc. etc.

USA! USA! USA!

 

[jiggagold]

phat chance

 

[jiggagold]

all cell phone carriers will be regulated by the government and no more gay 4 pay industry

 

[lartinos]

People will disregard this, police really do need to enforce this. But, it will be hard.

 

[TableFun]

DIRECTV FOR TRAVELERS — CARS, MINIVANS & SUVS

 

[kx250rider]

This one is a tough one. As I've made abundantly clear, I'm anti-big government and anti-police state. But with that said, I don't know what to do, when a huge percentage of car wrecks are directly caused by perfectly good, sober people yakking on the phone, or texting, or doing God knows what with a touch screen. So to stop people from doing those things, would stop a lot of accidents. But on the other hand, where do we draw the line? I mean how about operating the car's built-in stereo, or even pushing buttons for heat & a/c? How about smoking? That has caused countless accidents when people grope for their cigarettes, or drop a lighted one down the seat while on the freeway. The fact is, that we can't eliminate all distracted driving, any more that we can eliminate all house fires by enforcing proper electrical codes and forcing the use of fire-retardant building materials and roofing.

Here's my suggestion: Don't outlaw anything more; just increase the accountability and responsibility for those who choose to think they can do these things while driving. I mean elevate the cellphone-caused accident penalty to the same as drunk or reckless driving. But of course even though in CA you can go to state prison for drunk driving (second degree murder), people still stubbornly do it! I personally do not need to get any message across to anyone so damn badly that I need to use a phone or text while driving. I lived for 20-x years before we had cellphones or texting, and I got along just fine, and never missed out on anything.

More laws never help anybody, and they only remove the responsibility from the people, and that in turn cripples the people from having common sense. Police are too busy as it is, and they will only use more laws of this kind, to add up bigger fines when they stop someone for a burned-out bulb, or as an excuse to check immigration status.

Charles

 

[theoak01]

any hand held device has been banned in ontario, since the ban police are handing out tickets in large numbers. all this has lead to is police resources being wasted on this crap and not doing "real" police work. those who will use cell phones gps etc will continue to do so, I am one of them

 

[PICK3]

the Bu has bluetooth



moar regulations!

 

[TableFun]

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