USING CELL PHONE TO TALK OR TEXT WHILE DRIVING

There should be few of us who have not heard of the amazing death statistics, let alone accidents that only hurt, not kill, when people persist on driving with a cell phone at their ear in conversation.  Worse, of course, is the texting which makes the odds of an accident go up by 33%. Those most up on the stats might even be lawyers.  At least you can check out one of their sites for stats here.

Now technology is being asked to fight technology.  Using your car's GPS it can tell if the speed exceeds 10 miles an hour (which is most likely will if you are driving) and it locks your phone.  David Pogue, well known for those interested in computers and other technology, wrote an article explaining this new phenomenon...or rather, achievement in engineering.  To read his article, click here.  (It might be mentioned that Pogue braved the task and wrote the only really understandable manual for VISTA, the MS operating system that lasted about as long as it took to scan the table of contents in Pogue's heavy manual .  Nevertheless, technology fought technology with VISTA by quickly (relatively) putting together WIN 7, which most say is a decided improvement.  His article on locking cell phones, written for the NY Times can be read here.