There are famous quote from almost all around the world and one of them says that “DON’T DRINK and DRIVE” but aside from this quote there is also a quote that hits almost all the drivers from all the sides of the world. This quote could also be phrased as ” DON’T USE A GADGET DURING DRIVING”. Everyday, drivers are always doing this especially those who have there cellphones or any hi-tech gadgets.
There are lives at stake when this happens, not only to the drivers but also to the passengers or the innocent ones that are just walking or standing at the side of the road. Great attention and care is very much required.
Now that the Apple’s Car Play infotainment system is out, it is already drawing much attentions to the citizen, they might say that it distracts the drivers and it might lead to accidents. There might be so much questions that needs to be answered, but before anything else, we must understand and act like a detective in making a decisions or criticisms regarding this technology. The said technology is unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show where in there are pairs of iPhone’s displayed at the dashboards to make calls, dictate messages and listen to music. Bruce Hamilton, the manager of research and communications at the AAA foundation for Traffic Safety said,”The idea that people want to be on their phones, and therefore let’s give them a way to do that — that’s not putting safety first, that’s putting convenience and the desire to be in touch first”. There are still a good goal with this technology.
The aim for this technology is simply to give convenience to the car users and Apple knows that the inattentive and irresponsible drivers are the major cause of car accidents. During their press release, they said that the technology is not available yet and it is hard to make judgments until it is actually on the road. They don’t believe that they are giving the car users a reason to make more accidents instead ,they are giving them a choice to have comfort and to avoid accidents.
Many believe that instead of causing more accidents, this technology will surely minimize the number of accidents that will happen as the users wont have to give 50 percent of their attention in using iPhone to make calls, text or even listen to music. With this technology, the drivers will only give 15 percent of their attention. This
technology for short will minimize the accidents everyday.
The said technology will have its debut later this year in some Volvo, Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz vehicles and it will soon work in the future with BMW, Ford, Subaru, Hyundai,General Motors,Honda,Jaguar, Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota. With this technology, Apple will surely have a boost in there sales as many people will buy there software’s.
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