It's a shame that we get this reaction. Emergency workers, truck drivers, and couriers all use our app and find it really helpful because they have to spend all day driving and want a safe way to communicate. (My favorite is a group of patrol officers in Kentucky who have Android phones attached to docks in their squad cars and use our app.)
Somehow even though it's risky and illegal, one third of drivers choose to text and drive. It's hard to get solid numbers, but around a few thousand people die every year in the US because of this, as well as causing hundreds of thousands of injuries[1]. Any way we can make driving safer overall is a net win.
People that are going to send messages while driving are going to do it no matter what. This app makes it much more safer that's all. Its a step in the positive direction, no doubt about it.
People that are going to send messages while driving are going to do it no matter what. This app makes it much more safer that's all. Its a step in the positive direction, no doubt about it.
_Safe_, or just safer?
There can be problems with people thinking that risk has been reduced or eliminated; it can encourage more risky behavior.
"It seems counterintuitive to give drivers less information, by taking away street signs, stop lights and lane markings, to make them drive more safely."
"Specialists in risk analysis argue that something else is in play. They believe that the increased use of bike helmets may have had an unintended consequence: Riders may feel an inflated sense of security and take more risks."
Absent specific studies on this there's room for doubt about "much more safer".
Somehow even though it's risky and illegal, one third of drivers choose to text and drive. It's hard to get solid numbers, but around a few thousand people die every year in the US because of this, as well as causing hundreds of thousands of injuries[1]. Any way we can make driving safer overall is a net win.
http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/Resources/Documents/NSC%20...