Guidelines Being Set Down for New Infotainment Systems
With automobile infotainment systems becoming more sophisicated (read: complicated and distracting), new guidelines are necessary to keep people from killing themselves (and each other). And because the US wields a big stick in the area of automobile regulation, as America goes, so goes the rest of the planet.
This is from the US Department of Transportation:
New in-vehicle technology guidelines are latest effort in fight against distracted driving
For the past two weeks, I’ve welcomed guest contributors to this blog in honor of Distracted Driving Awareness Month. I cannot thank each and every one of them enough for their generous work. I also want to thank everyone who read these informative and heart-wrenching blog posts, particularly those who shared one or more of them with others.
After all, that’s how we continue spreading awareness of this deadly epidemic.
As technology evolves, however, it’s clear that distractions behind the wheel don’t end with cell phones. And here at DOT, neither do our efforts to prevent distracted driving.
