Software aims to block texting while driving

Created on July 21, 2010

An article in the USA Today says a company is creating software for government agencies and businesses that disables the texting, e-mailing and Web-browsing functions of a wireless phone in moving cars. 

 

The article says thirty states and the District of Columbia have banned texting while driving, but the laws are difficult to enforce. The national movement to discourage it — aimed mostly at young drivers — is spreading to corporate employees and the U.S. government. For more information on the technology, check out the article below.

 

Nevada does not have a ban on texting while driving. But if you are hit by someone texting or not paying attention, call my office at 702-240-0000, text us at 24-0000, or go to edbernstein.com.

 

 

-Ed Bernstein

 

Safety-driven software aims to block texting while driving

By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY

 

ATLANTA — Technology is emerging that could solve a growing menace on the nation's highways: texting while driving.

 

A Georgia company today announces a partnership with an Irving, Texas, firm to provide software to government agencies and businesses that disables the texting, e-mailing and Web-browsing functions of a wireless phone in moving vehicles. Manage Mobility, an Alpharetta-based management and logistics firm, will provide technology developed by WebSafety Inc.

 

Find this article at: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2010-07-21-1Atexting21_ST_N.htm