Auto Safety Regulators Seek a Driver Mode to Block Apps
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Auto Safety Regulators Seek a Driver Mode to Block Apps
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#2Serious question, in the event that we don't have fatalities from auto accidents, where will the organ donations come from? Will it be a good push for stem cell technology?
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#3What if you are just a passenger in the car? How will they determine this?
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#4I was thinking about this the other day.
The Apple patent on IR blocking for concert bvenues, would fit this purpose pretty well.
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#5What if you are just a passenger in the car? How will they determine this?
If the phone is connected to a car by Bluetooth or USB, assume it's the driver's. If you get it wrong, it's just a minor inconvenience (unplug if you really need to use those features).
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#6Serious question, in the event that we don't have fatalities from auto accidents, where will the organ donations come from? Will it be a good push for stem cell technology?
Interesting question, though I'd want to know what the breakdown for organ sourcing is before I consider what the impact would be.
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#7Serious question, in the event that we don't have fatalities from auto accidents, where will the organ donations come from? Will it be a good push for stem cell technology?
Zombie donors already aren't even remotely adequate for our kidney donation needs. We need more living donors to step up... ordinary people like you and me, willing to spend a couple days in the hospital mostly pain-free to give others an average of 12+ years of longevity.
Unlike women, who can give birth and gift 76 - 80 years of life at a time (falsely assuming present longevities), living non-zombie kidney donation is the only life-giving medical operation that billions of males are uniquely qualified to undergo to give another person 10+ years of life in one dose at mortality rates that are lower than most women routinely undertake on behalf of their families, their children, and their husbands in their lifetimes with replacement rate pregnancies.
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#8What if you are just a passenger in the car? How will they determine this?
A good question. From the article, one of the things the guidelines call for is that manufacturers "develop technology to identify when the devices are being used by a driver while driving. That would ensure the limits are placed on drivers and not other vehicle occupants."
I bet that if the handset manufacturers were to work with the car manufacturers, they could pretty easily locate the phone to a foot or so with minimal battery impact.
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#9Serious question, in the event that we don't have fatalities from auto accidents, where will the organ donations come from? Will it be a good push for stem cell technology?
We can make organ donation an opt-out checkbox.
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#10What if you are just a passenger in the car? How will they determine this?
If the phone is connected to a car by Bluetooth or USB, assume it's the driver's. If you get it wrong, it's just a minor inconvenience (unplug if you really need to use those features).
Doesn't that just encourage drivers that want to use their phone while driving to not tether their phone to their car's bluetooth?