Viswire

http://www.businessinsider.in/This-Cutting-Edge-Driving-Simulator-Helps-Prevent-Car-Crashes-Before-They-Happen/articleshow/38875126.cms

Much needed initiative.

Ministry plans institutes for safe driving in every state | ET Auto The ministry of road transport and highways has proposed setting up of institutes for training of driving and research in each state...

Way to go !

Apple's iPhone 'Lock-Out' Patent Could End Texting While Driving A new tech­nol­o­gy pro­posed by Apple would seek to address the dan­ger­ous and ubiq­ui­tous prob­lem of dri­vers who use their phone behind the wheel, accord­ing to experts.A new patent by the tech­nol­o­gy giant could “change the cul­ture” and help stop dri­ver dis­trac­tion with an auto­mat­ed sys­tem that would dis­able cer­tain smart­phone func­tions when an iPhone user is dri­ving.One recent­ly pub­lished patent describes a "dri­ver hand­held com­put­ing device lock-out" sys­tem that detects when a user is dri­ving using on-board sen­sors or pulling infor­ma­tion from the car when con­nect­ed, block­ing the use of text mes­sag­ing or using other smart­phone func­tions from the per­son dri­ving.“As a mar­ket leader, Apple could have the power to change the cul­ture behind tex­ting and dri­ving, if it works and is intu­itive; that would be a very good step,” said Paul Wat­ters, head of motor­ing pol­i­cy for the AA. “What we find in our research is that there’s an addic­tion here, to tex­ting and using smart­phones, it’s an addic­tion that is very hard to break even when in the car — it will take some sys­tem to help peo­ple break that addiction.”Boosts likelihood of a crash by 23 timesTex­ting while dri­ving is a hot-button issue that has been labeled as a “wide­spread men­ace” by Brake, the road safe­ty char­i­ty, which has been shown to slow dri­ver reac­tion times by 35% and increase the like­li­hood of a crash by 23 times for com­mer­cial dri­vers.It is ille­gal to use a hand-held phones while dri­ving, even when stopped at lights or in traf­fic in the UK, with an auto­mat­ic fixed penal­ty of three points on the dri­ver’s license and a fine of £100.Three in 10 of all dri­vers admit­ting send­ing or read­ing mes­sages while dri­ving, accord­ing to research by Brake and insur­ance com­pa­ny Direct Line. That num­ber increas­es to more than four in 10 for dri­vers aged 18 to 24, while one in eight dri­vers admit­ted to using smart­phone apps while behind the wheel.‘Technology has a role to play’Attempts to dis­able smart­phones or limit dis­tract­ing fea­tures of phones have been made in the past. Sev­er­al devel­op­ers have released apps that pre­vent dri­vers from tex­ting behind the wheel for Android, but it has not been pos­si­ble for the iPhone due to Apple’s restric­tions on apps and sys­tem con­trol.“Tech­nol­o­gy has a role to play, but there is no sin­gle solu­tion to the prob­lem of dis­tract­ed driving,” said Ellie Pear­son from Brake.Ap …

Why can't auto majors offer cell phone jammers in car , as their corporate social responsibility ?

You killed me at hello: 26% of car wrecks involve phones Talking on the phone — not texting — is the biggest problemPeter Gudel­la / Shutterstock.comDespite all the warn­ings about the dan­gers of talk­ing or tex­ting while dri­ving, a new study sug­gests that the sit­u­a­tion is get­ting pro­gres­sive­ly worse.Cell­phone use is now esti­mat­ed t...

Don't text n drive

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/23/mi-arotech-faac-india-idUSnPNNY84296+1e0+PRN20130923

Arotech's FAAC Incorporated Announces Franchise in India Arotech's FAAC Incorporated Announces Franchise in India PR Newswire ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 23, 2013

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/aug/27/india-bus-yoga-drivers-alcohol

India turns to yoga to steer boozy bus drivers on road to recovery Bus company aims to reduce road deaths through pioneering scheme to wean its drivers off alcohol