Traffic accidents caused by distracted driving around the world are very common and most distractions are due to playing cell phones.
Even if Manitoba has some of the toughest penalties in the country, a $ 200 penalty paired with five mistakes, it still doesn’t seem to be enough to keep drivers from answering a text or a call. The police say every day that they see someone who is putting themselves or others at risk simply by picking up the phone.
Hart Levine is a concerned father and lawyer to stop distracted driving. He said he had a solution to the distracted driving problem. A cell phone auto gps jammer called Drive ID. You buy the device, download an app and connect the app to your phone.
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“You can’t use any of the keyboard functions every time the person comes into the car with the mobile phone with the Drive ID,” said Levine.
He said, depending on the apps you block, you won’t be able to use your Facebook, text, or answer phone calls, except for Bluetooth. It still allows you to make 911 calls.