Show HN: A machine that detects when you text and drive then shocks you [video]

Re:Show HN: A machine that detects when you text and drive t... by Tade0 on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:23AM (#27659294)

There's a brilliant solution to this problem implemented in some locomotives: have a button which you need to press every now an then, otherwise an alarm is raised.

Manual transmissions used to perform this function and it's hard to text and drive in such a car unless you're on a highway.

Most people are right handed, so putting it on the right hand side would naturally prevent anyone from holding a phone for too long.

Unless of course they are like this acquaintance of mine who would steer with his knees. Ironically he's the one who told me about that device.

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Re:Show HN: A machine that detects when you text and drive t... by giantg2 on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:17AM (#27663023)

"Manual transmissions used to perform this function and it's hard to text and drive in such a car unless you're on a highway."

Well... it's more difficult, but not that difficult. Use the top two finger to hold the phone, bottom two on the shifter, and thumb for the screen.

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Re:Show HN: A machine that detects when you text and drive t... by Tade0 on Monday June 28, 2021 @12:48PM (#27664243)

You're a more skilled driver than me.

Ooor it's just my old 00' Corolla, which never switched properly. I bought my first smartphone in 2014 and stopped driving manual in 2015, so any overlap which could allow for such tricks was fairly short.

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Re:Show HN: A machine that detects when you text and drive t... by darkfirefly on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:02AM (#27659529)

Unfortunately, trains are a different scenario than cars, mainly due to the fact that they are on rails and are generally kept well apart through rail signals.

A couple seconds where a train driver is distracted != a couple of seconds where a car driver is distracted. A button is not fast enough (you would need to press it >once per second, which is not particularly comfortable)

This is why it is "necessary" to have more "advanced" ways of detecting driver inattentiveness.

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