The short answer to the above question is a definitive "no". Distracted with the rise of which technology has a serious problem to us drive roads, contributing to the almost 6000 dead and 500,000 wounded become annually according to the NHTSA. To resolve this problem, many dangerous have cast distracted driving technologies, which make it easier, not harder, text and talk behind the wheel. Safety advocates and Government officials have against this tactic pointing out that it the conversation, not the device, causing distractions. The best way to avoid distractions is, simply put the phone while behind the wheel.

But a new article by Keith Barry for Wired's Autopia blog States that distractions the worst thing could not be because drivers are "only likely to do a bad job down some lonely treeless complete drive in Kansas, lost when you merge to the New Jersey Turnpike during rush hour, with a Scorpion on your shoulder." This is both an exaggeration of the Yerkes-Dodson law, which says that the driver, when she engaged behind the wheel are not too complacent, and also risk face, if they have too many distractions.

Barry's right that important safe watch technology, to override the driver, if he or she on another vehicle or even close the car is stopped, if a pedestrian has created cracks in the street in front of your car. But I am concerned, that Barry complacency concern MIS places that that a driver freely pay the road less attention from distractions. Drivers face more realistic, the risk to depending on technology that could stop them from dangerous road conditions to a point where actively looking for, that pedestrians, that warns may be running out on the market, thinking that their vehicle it takes to be.

Of course, Barry gets this and concludes that the technology not yet sufficient to complete protection from dangerous road situations. "Your car can't tell if you are tired, daydreaming or a conference call on speaker listening." For this reason does not know whether it is appropriate, active safety features to engage them "he writes." "Theoretically perfectly programmed fully autonomous cars safer than human driver, however, would be that technology removed years yet."

Since scattered to inconsistent driving technology for car security dependent on remains, advocates, must safety the slack collect Government officials and even companies, to develop methods to reduce the distractions behind the wheel. In a blog post for its FastLane Blog this week Secretary applauded a promise LaHood Volkswagen and Audi employees for the signing of transportation Ray never text behind the wheel. On the Elimination of distracted driving for a good, be sure to get the car manufacturers and cell phone companies on board as serious economic drivers of change.

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