Wireless invention jams teen drivers' cell phones
University of Utah researchers have invented technology that could come to be embraced by teenagers with the same enthusiasm they have for curfews and ID checks. The Key2SafeDriving technology uses RFID or Bluetooth wireless capabilities to issue signals from a car key to a cell phone to prevent drivers from talking on their phones or texting while driving.
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Interesting. However nobody answered me yet if it will work with mobile when bluetooth is switched off. So is just expecting you voluntarily subject yourself to restriction. Well older people know they should not text and teens will switch bluetooth off. Whats the added value of this gadget?