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New Jersey Bans Texting While Driving {Switched.com}
Mar 1st 2008 4:45AM I applaud the legislators for banning hand held phones. That is step one in saving lives, but let’s face it, connectivity gives us competitive edge. If we turn off our cell phones, we will be at a disadvantage by the next person who is still using it. The legislative bodies have done their job, but the Auto Telecom and Insurance companies have shirked their responsibilities because their business model does not allow them such flexibility. The result is that existing automotive and telecom business models continue to clash on the road and Insurance business model stay profitable by passing the cost of the added risk to the general population.
I agree that cell phone use while driving is an epidemic sweeping the globe. For each car on the road, (roughly 650 Millions world wide), there’s at least 4 Cell phones and the possibility of a driver having a cell phone is 4 to 1.
What is need is not more legislation, enforcement or Disconnectyivity. What we need is managed middle ground that's based on safety and Facts
THE TRUE DATA FROM THE FIELD shows that
1- 43% of accidents occur when the phone rings in and drivers try to answer. (NO CONVERSTATION YET)
2- 32% of accidents occur when a driver tries to dial a number or worst yet, texting. (NO CONVERSATION YET)
3- The remainder caused by multiple reasons including conversation.
This data was confirmed more then once by studies in Japan and referenced by many U.S. scientists as well as NHTSA.
This is where innovative thinking can come in to solve the problem by re-engineering our life behind the wheel while including teenagers as well as elderly into the solution.
This Re-engineering should create order in the vehicle and give priority to driving tasks over other activities, but still enable other activities while helping keep/or even assuring Eyes on the Road and Hands on the Wheel. Such engineering should be based on real world dat
We have developed, proved and globally patented a system that balances the entire driving experience with emphasis on safety, but still allowing drivers to use communication technologies while driving. Our system has the following key features:
1- Hands are monitored to be on the steering wheel, this enables configuration to enable or disable devices when hands status is not compliant with safety.
2- The driver controls all accessories, including cell phones from “thumb gesture” on the steering wheel. (Yes, texting is possible if the laws allow it)
3- Incoming communications are silenced when Drivers are passing, merging, changing lanes, turn signal engaged, etc, (So as not to surprise the driver).
4- Any information, whether from a caller ID or navigation direction is given verbally to the driver, so there's no need to look at a screen.
5- System is calibrated to driver’s skills and experience so a teen aged driver is given certain allowances and elderly drivers are provided more assistant.
6- System is geographically aware based on Navigation data of curves, lights, stop signs and other legal boundaries and can warn driver’s to slow down or modify behavior when distracted
7- The system can fits into a cell phone, and connects to the car network “CAN” physically or wirelessly and communicates with the steering thumb sensor in the same manner.
8- The system also detects signs of DUI from the driver handling the steering wheel, heart, sweat, temp, gripping strength and steering corrections, and then reports the driver to police, activate the emergency lights and limit speed of the vehicle.
We need to stay connected to stay competitive, but we need to do it safety. What we need is to educate our legislative bodies to require a device like ours on every vehicle. Automotive and Telecom companies have been toying with speech recognitions for over two decades now, but the automotive environment is too harsh to allow a desktop environment to succeed.
We are looking for capital to produce an aftermarket version. 88% of people that see our demo say they’ll buy such a device while 87% think of it as the safest thing as compared to what’s out there. Please contact us on www.actplace.net .
Thank you: Mouhamad A. Naboulsi, president Applied Computer Technologies, Inc.
www.actplace.net
More common sense - Cellphones make you a bad driver {Autoblog}
Jan 7th 2008 4:06AM I agree that cell phone use & Texting while driving is an epidemic sweeping the globe. For each car on the road,(roughly 650 Millions world wide), there’s at least 4 Cell phones and the possibility of a driver having a cell phone is 4 to 1. Unfortunately, there are no business models to address this problem, so existing automotive and telecom business models continue to clash on the road.
Let’s face it, connectivity gives us competitive edge. If we turn off our cell phones, we will be passed by Europe, Japan and the rest of the world. When banning Cell phone, legislators put their constituents at a disadvantage to others where legislators did not enact similar laws. When it comes to teenagers, I want mine to stay in touch.
This is where innovative thinking can come in to solve the problem by re-engineering our life behind the wheel while including teenagers as well as elderly into the solution. This Re-engineering should create order in the vehicle and give priority to driving tasks over other activities, but still enable other activities while helping keep/or even assuring Eyes on the Road and Hands on the Wheel.
We have developed, proved and globally patented a system that balances the entire driving experience with emphasis on safety, but still allowing drivers to use communication technologies while driver. Our system has the following key features:
1- Hands are monitored to be on the steering wheel, this enables configuration to enable or disable devices when hands status is not compliant with safety.
2- The driver controls all accessories, including cell phones from “thumb gesture” on the steering wheel.
3- Incoming communications are silenced when Drivers who are passing, merging, changing lanes, turn signal engaged, etc.(So as not to surprise the driver).
4- System is calibrated to driver’s skills and experience so a teen aged driver is given certain allowances and elderly drivers are provided more assistant.
5- The system can fits into a cell phone, and connects to the car network “CAN” physically or wirelessly and communicates with the steering thumb sensor in the same manner.
We need to stay connected to stay competitive, but we need to do it safety. What we need is to educate our legislative bodies to require a device like ours on every vehicle. Automotive and Telecom companies have been toying with speech recognitions for over two decades now, but the automotive environment is too harsh to allow a desktop environment to succeed.
We are looking for capital to produce an aftermarket version. 88% of people that see our demo say they’ll buy such a device while 87% think of it as the safest thing as compared to what’s out there. Please contact us on www.actplace.net .
Thank you: Mouhamad A. Naboulsi, president Applied Computer Technologies, Inc.
www.actplace.net
Steering wheel-mounted Bluetooth handsfree kit hits the FCC {Engadget}
Jan 7th 2008 12:33AM I checked out their site at CES. They claimd that this is a “Quality and ‘design made in Germany’” I will send them a letter telling them to add "American Innovation" since we own the IP on this product.
Checkout www.actplace.net, the USPTO, the EUPO and the Japanese PO.
Mouhamad A. Naboulsi
President, Applikompt
Michigan USA
"Shocktone" could help/hinder drivers {Autoblog}
Apr 30th 2006 3:49AM "That's schocking" was the term my IP attorney used when I shared the news with him.
While this may sound like a self promotion, It is by all means a public service that can help us avoid Motorola Electricution and GM additional Invoices or god forbid, having to buy a BMW or a LEXUS just to be safe while driving and talking.
Luckily for Motorola and the rest of us,our Safety System: Safe Telematic Monitoring and Control Gateway (STMCGateway) is here.
Our patented/patent pending technology will change the Schok when the driver docks the phone into the system, to a non intrusive notification. The notification will be in a voice of his choice and will not get activated if the turn signal is on, or if the gear is in reverse or any other physiological and mechanical condition show that the driver is busy.
Oh yes, as for the "Chirping" warning as a driver approaches a Stop sign or a Traffic light, even a non fixed stop, It is in there, in our patent. It will cause the system to interrupt the call and advise the driver of the stop.
You can check more of the system on www.actplace.net. Click on the steering wheel.
Breaking news (yea, right): Distracting driving may account for most accidents {Autoblog}
Apr 24th 2006 1:48AM Solution at hand, NHTSA refuses to evaluate
Driver distraction is a problem I experienced when my 71 olds had an FM adaptor located way too low and each time I reached it my steering wheel was moved in one direction or another as a result of normal bio-feedback reflex, yep a mouthful.
After few years in college and as a result of other traffic frustrations, I came up with a solution that I refined ever since 1985.
Basically, the solution consist of a PC in a car with "THREE HOT BUTTONS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES", (Sounds familiar?), and two controls on the steering wheels (At 10:02 where the hands should be), to control everything in the car, including HVAC/RADIO, POWERSEATS Navigation and yes, car phone as it was called at the time.
My first prototype was built the same year and I refined it ever since and recently received one patent and still awaiting the second patent. The patent covers unscheduled communication interrupting driver at a bad time as well as the controls noted above.
In 2004 I contacted everyone at NHTSA I thought may have an interest in my project, but I was not a PhD or well published, so that went no where. In a letter to NHTSA Director Dr. Runge,in 2004, I asked them to evaluate the product but their Chief engineer refused stating that NHTSA does not evaluate propriety technologies!! BUT if you go to http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-12/pubs_rev.html, you'll see that they evaluated Nissan Laser Collision Avoidance System. The same guy refused to hear about my video library and my research stating that NHTSA does not do business with small companies.
Well, NHTSA: Let more people die while you and your buddies play video games and Candid Camera. Oh, and let's not forget to keep blaming the conversations on the cell phone for the accidents, the Insurance Companies love that so they can hike rates on all drivers, safe drivers that use hands free or reckless drivers that still use handheld.
We have a solution ready to go with 88% of surveyed said it is safer then aything on the market and 87% are willing to purchase for a price ranging from $15 to $2,200. Our solution will only cost about $250 per car with seperate cost for each additional phone/MP3 player, PDA etc. We are seeking a partner to bring it to market and out functional prototype literally blows away all those who see it. We can be contacted on www.actplace.net.
