the American government will switch off the subtitles and the web.
Smartphones have already customized interface for the vehicles that can be used when you are running, such as Android Auto and Apple CarPlay – but now the u.s. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to go a step further.
They have now published guidelines to provide mobile phones a separate “automotive mode”, which should reduce distractions when you are driving with a mobile phone – and thus reduce the risk of accidents.
No texting
Bilmodusen will have a simpler interface to reduce the time you spend with your eyes off the road, and will reduce or entirely remove some features that you do not need when you are driving a car.
concretely this will say that they want to do “manual tekstinnføring,” images and video playback, the non-essential text and the web.
These functions will probably not turn on automatically when the phone detects that you are moving in a car, as you can just as easily be a passenger, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hope that you will turn on the features for yourself.
It should also be possible to override blocked devices when you really need to use an app.
Sight motorists
– too many exposed to the risk of car drivers are distracted by their cell phones, ” says the american transportsekretæren Anthony Foxx, and adds:
These sensible retningingslinjene, based on the best available research, will help designers of mobile devices to build products that reduce distractions on the road.
The new policy will probably take a while before they sneak into the new phones, and they are not binding.
it is Hoped however that they will push Apple, Google and other manufacturers to produce less distracting interface, in those cases where the phone can’t connect to your car.
Sources
Engadget
NHTSA
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