Soon Your iPhone Won't Work While You're Driving
Apple is about to get involved with your life every time you get behind the wheel. Specifically, the company is trying to save it.
When the company releases iOS 11, users will find a new feature prompting them to activate a ‘do not disturb while driving’ mode, which will prevent any notifications appearing at all. The idea is to take away the temptation for we young ‘uns to look at our smartphones while we’re driving. To be fair, it really is a daft thing to do and it does cost lives.
If the phone owner ‘forgets’ to turn it on, the phone can guess when it’s in a moving vehicle anyway, thanks to its motion sensors, GPS and WiFi systems. Trying to ‘unlock’ the phone will be purposely difficult to do while driving, but easy if you’re an innocent passenger.
The system won’t stop you pre-connecting the phone via Bluetooth or USB, allowing you to access some of the device’s functions legally through the car.
The software can also ping a simple reply to anyone who messages the driver’s phone while they’re behind the wheel. Something along the lines of an automated “I’m driving right now and will get back to you when I get where I’m going” is thought to be the gist of it. A similar Android app to perform the same job already exists.
Developers are even working on software to sell to companies, who would then force their staff to use it. What’s your take on this? Should phone makers be taking steps to stop people using their phones while driving, and will people simply activate any override they can, no matter the danger?
Via: Financial Times
Comments
Hold up, lemme just order an extra home button for my phone to fix since water got into mine and corroded the connection…..
Hmm, looks like something is wrong with my PC, lemme just run the diagnostics and tell my PC mechanic what’s wrong…..
Lemme just download an emulator so I can play my old PSP games on my phone…..
Battery is broken? No problem, lemme order a battery for my phone and fix it myself tomorrow…..
#APPLESUCKS
#noitdoesnt
How about if you are on TFL??? 🤔
well that’ll fail… what if you’re a passenger of a car.. I don’t want my phone to not work while I’m a passenger
I have a galaxy s7 on at&t and there is this app called at&t drive mode which does the same thing and has been around forever
I drive for Uber which relies alot on notifications, so definitely will turn off this feature
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Hahahaha my phone is not ios11 compatible! (Maniacal laughter)
I already have this feature on my phone, its called common sense, go download it
That’s it, I’m switching to Samsung!
Before that I hope it doesn’t screw with me on the bus
Good job Apple. Last week some girl was on her phone on the highway, we were driving next to her, overtaking, and she just slowly started going in our lane. Dad hit the horn, it took like 30 seconds for her to even realize what is happening.
People who use a phone while driving are stupid. Better off say people to call you so you can look at the road.