Feds want nationwide ban on cell phone use in cars

Re:Feds want nationwide ban on cell phone use in cars by washedup on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @02:54PM (#3348938)

Don't they know about autonomous cars?

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Re:Feds want nationwide ban on cell phone use in cars by Turing_Machine on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @03:26PM (#3349094)

Nevada (the first jurisdiction to officially allow self-driving cars) has, in fact, added an exemption to its cell phone ban for that type of vehicle.

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Re:Feds want nationwide ban on cell phone use in cars by anigbrowl on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @05:11PM (#3349581)

The NTSB would probably love if autonomous cars became the norm. The rate of accidents would probably go through the floor, since most drivers suffer from a bad case of survivor bias. They actually talk about requiring more automated safety features (like collision detection for commercial vehicles) in their report.

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Re:Feds want nationwide ban on cell phone use in cars by jerf on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @03:22PM (#3349071)

You wouldn't be the "driver" then, would you?

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