http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/91976-cellphone-detectors-to-nab-drivers.html While it sounds great in theory, if these detectors are to be used, what's going to stop people from getting ticketed for receiving a message or call while the phone is still safely in their pocket? I foresee a potential minefield.
intrade,
Jan 26, 5:31pm
well it does not need to make sense all that matters is it makes money , thats top priority.
brapbrap8,
Jan 26, 6:36pm
Probably at least half the cars on the road now would have handsfree sytems wouldn't they? I see this as a problem that would quickly be solving itself as technology improves.
skull,
Jan 26, 6:42pm
There is no technology in a Dacia Sandero so I know someone who will be unable to do legal cellphone calls from his car.
henderson_guy,
Jan 26, 6:50pm
Well, yes, but how would this system distinguish between those using hands-free and those who aren't?
wind.turbine,
Jan 26, 7:04pm
and what about passengers using their phones
panicky,
Jan 26, 7:35pm
or a vodem connected to a laptop
bigfatmat1,
Jan 26, 8:07pm
My car has a wife Hotspot for kids I pads wonder if that would cause confusion
matarautrader,
Jan 26, 8:12pm
What about a van taxi driver with 10 passengers all using their cellphones?
johotech,
Jan 26, 8:12pm
Certainly confused me.
rob_man,
Jan 26, 8:15pm
Mmmmmm. Wife hotspot.
lissa25,
Jan 26, 8:18pm
I can go handsfree while streaming music and running a GPS dashcam, I can also do voice to text for handsfree texting (not that it can hear me over the road noise of a 44yo car). I wonder how I can prove I didn't break any laws, I guess they will need some pretty good IT training to trawl through the memories of a multitude of different phones (if they can help themselves to my phone without permission or a warrant). It will be interesting to see if the programmers can make it pick up illegal use only.
mrfxit,
Jan 27, 5:25am
The whole point of the cell detectors is to alert the police to somebody that "may" be using a cell ph illegally.
It's a "take a second look at that car" situation to SEE if they are using a hand held cell ph.
jason18,
Jan 27, 6:25am
Wife hotspot? Hot damn can I come trial this hotspot. Sounds like bloody fun
tintop,
Jan 27, 6:37am
Yep - I heard the interview on the radio. Planned as an 'alert' feature only.
pauldw,
Jan 27, 7:28am
There was a cop hanging around the intersection beside our building in Wgtn. I asked him if there was a foreign politician visiting but he was just noting red light runners and cars blocking the intersection. The surprising thing was the number of people that pulled up at the lights with a phone jammed to their ear. He could have been flat out writing tickets just using his eyes.
mrfxit,
Jan 27, 8:10am
MMmmm never heard anything on the media, must just be common sense aye ;-)
tintop,
Jan 27, 8:16am
Interview with a tech guy on National Radio, last Friday I think.
lissa25,
Jan 27, 8:27am
That makes sense, it is sometimes hard to tell what the plan is once a story gets a media spin.
tgray,
Jan 27, 9:17am
Would placing your cellphone in a plastic cup and fixing the cup to the dash with a drawing pin, count as a secure hands free holder?
mrfxit,
Jan 27, 9:37am
Drawing pin . no ;-)
henderson_guy,
Jan 27, 3:48pm
Why not? Surely couldn't be worse than those suction cups that stop suctioning at random times.
mrfxit,
Jan 27, 4:47pm
Cup yes, drawing pin no. Should be pretty clear for several reasons.
tony9,
Jan 27, 5:01pm
Put it in a plastic cup lined with tinfoil and the cops will never know it is going.
xs1100,
Jan 27, 5:28pm
Detectors required more testing because it was possible they could register activity when drivers' phones sent and received data, downloaded emails, or received calls or texts with "no interaction from the driver".
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