According to the popsci.com on November 19, the Obama administration is considering disabling cell phones in American cars, aiming to cut down on distracted drivers and cell-phone-related road deaths。
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the nation's preeminent anti-distracted-driving crusader, said in an interview on MSNBC on November 18 that federal officials are looking at technology to disable cell phones inside cars。
"I think it will be done," LaHood said. "I think the technology is there and I think you're going to see the technology become adaptable in automobiles to disable these cell phones. We need to do a lot more if we were going to save lives."
More than 5,500 people were killed last year by distracted drivers, and another 500,000 were injured, according to the Department of Transportation. LaHood has said it is never safe to talk on a cell phone while driving, hands-free or not, because it is a "cognitive distraction."
Incidentally, a lot of people seem to agree with this sentiment — a new poll released on November 18 shows nearly two-thirds of Americans support a national ban on the use of cell phones while driving, even if the driver is using a hands-free device. But the poll didn’t ask how people feel about government-issued mobile phone scramblers or other disabling devices。
據(jù)大眾科學(xué)網(wǎng)11月19日?qǐng)?bào)道，奧馬巴政府在考慮讓手機(jī)在車(chē)內(nèi)失靈，這么做的目的是為了減少開(kāi)車(chē)分心的司機(jī)數(shù)量，也是為了減少與開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)使用手機(jī)有關(guān)的道路交通事故的死亡人數(shù)。
運(yùn)輸部長(zhǎng)雷•拉胡德是美國(guó)反開(kāi)車(chē)分心運(yùn)動(dòng)中最杰出的戰(zhàn)士，他11月18日在接受微軟—全國(guó)廣播公司采訪中表示，聯(lián)邦政府官員在尋求讓手機(jī)在車(chē)內(nèi)失靈的技術(shù)。
拉胡德說(shuō)：“我認(rèn)為這件事情辦得到。我認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在有這種技術(shù)，你們會(huì)看到這種技術(shù)變得適用于車(chē)輛內(nèi)部，從而讓手機(jī)失靈。如果我們要拯救生命，我們需要做更多事情?！?BR> 據(jù)交通運(yùn)輸部表示，去年因司機(jī)駕車(chē)分心導(dǎo)致的交通事故死亡人數(shù)超過(guò)5500人，還有50萬(wàn)人在這些事故中受傷。拉胡德表示，不論開(kāi)不開(kāi)免提，開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)使用手機(jī)從來(lái)沒(méi)有安全一說(shuō)，因?yàn)檫@種做法會(huì)造成“注意力分散”。
很多人似乎都同意這種觀點(diǎn)——11月18日公布的一項(xiàng)新的民意調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示，近2/3的美國(guó)人支持在全國(guó)范圍內(nèi)禁止司機(jī)在開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)使用手機(jī)，即使他們用的是免提裝置。但是，這項(xiàng)民意調(diào)查并沒(méi)有詢問(wèn)被調(diào)查者，他們對(duì)政府發(fā)放手機(jī)擾頻器或其他干擾裝置作何感想。
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the nation's preeminent anti-distracted-driving crusader, said in an interview on MSNBC on November 18 that federal officials are looking at technology to disable cell phones inside cars。
"I think it will be done," LaHood said. "I think the technology is there and I think you're going to see the technology become adaptable in automobiles to disable these cell phones. We need to do a lot more if we were going to save lives."
More than 5,500 people were killed last year by distracted drivers, and another 500,000 were injured, according to the Department of Transportation. LaHood has said it is never safe to talk on a cell phone while driving, hands-free or not, because it is a "cognitive distraction."
Incidentally, a lot of people seem to agree with this sentiment — a new poll released on November 18 shows nearly two-thirds of Americans support a national ban on the use of cell phones while driving, even if the driver is using a hands-free device. But the poll didn’t ask how people feel about government-issued mobile phone scramblers or other disabling devices。
據(jù)大眾科學(xué)網(wǎng)11月19日?qǐng)?bào)道，奧馬巴政府在考慮讓手機(jī)在車(chē)內(nèi)失靈，這么做的目的是為了減少開(kāi)車(chē)分心的司機(jī)數(shù)量，也是為了減少與開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)使用手機(jī)有關(guān)的道路交通事故的死亡人數(shù)。
運(yùn)輸部長(zhǎng)雷•拉胡德是美國(guó)反開(kāi)車(chē)分心運(yùn)動(dòng)中最杰出的戰(zhàn)士，他11月18日在接受微軟—全國(guó)廣播公司采訪中表示，聯(lián)邦政府官員在尋求讓手機(jī)在車(chē)內(nèi)失靈的技術(shù)。
拉胡德說(shuō)：“我認(rèn)為這件事情辦得到。我認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在有這種技術(shù)，你們會(huì)看到這種技術(shù)變得適用于車(chē)輛內(nèi)部，從而讓手機(jī)失靈。如果我們要拯救生命，我們需要做更多事情?！?BR> 據(jù)交通運(yùn)輸部表示，去年因司機(jī)駕車(chē)分心導(dǎo)致的交通事故死亡人數(shù)超過(guò)5500人，還有50萬(wàn)人在這些事故中受傷。拉胡德表示，不論開(kāi)不開(kāi)免提，開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)使用手機(jī)從來(lái)沒(méi)有安全一說(shuō)，因?yàn)檫@種做法會(huì)造成“注意力分散”。
很多人似乎都同意這種觀點(diǎn)——11月18日公布的一項(xiàng)新的民意調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示，近2/3的美國(guó)人支持在全國(guó)范圍內(nèi)禁止司機(jī)在開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)使用手機(jī)，即使他們用的是免提裝置。但是，這項(xiàng)民意調(diào)查并沒(méi)有詢問(wèn)被調(diào)查者，他們對(duì)政府發(fā)放手機(jī)擾頻器或其他干擾裝置作何感想。