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Re:Abu Dhabi Traffic Accidents Dropped 40% During the BlackB... by iaskwhy on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @04:50AM (#3124449)
Can you imagine something as popular but less addictive? I wish I could...
Re:Abu Dhabi Traffic Accidents Dropped 40% During the BlackB... by culebron on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @04:52AM (#3124453)
No I can't :) But some societies have quit drinking hard or smoking, so getting off a widely accepted addiction is possible.
Re:Abu Dhabi Traffic Accidents Dropped 40% During the BlackB... by iaskwhy on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @05:15AM (#3124504)
And that happened because those things have some very visible bad effects (images of cancer all over packages in Europe) and even then there are like 30% smokers on my country. Assuming shock and visible pain are the only way to end such a popular addiction it's going to be tough to end our digital ones.

But at least you showed it's possible, that's something!

Re:Abu Dhabi Traffic Accidents Dropped 40% During the BlackB... by ern on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @08:39AM (#3124913)
Smartpones can already detect that you are travelling above a certain speed on a public road and display a notification that texting while driving is dangerous. Not something I would endorse (too many false positives), but I wouldn't be surprised to see it, either as a result of a law, or as a voluntary "enhancement".