As time goes by things only get worse ...

[dogtag]

or so it seems to me. But I'm a dinosaur compared to most.
I do not have a mobile phone, nor do I want one, so sitting
for hours in a crowded DMV awaiting my turn, apart from
watching an odd assortment of people milling around clutching
paperwork I also noted how all those sitting near me were endlessly
scrolling away on their smart phones. Nothing could have come up
of interest otherwise they would have stopped - so why do it ?
I don't call many people, but apart from friends, the professionals
I sometimes need to call employ annoying Robots who talk endlessly
in English and Spanish about which button to push depending on what
you want. It's getting to me, making me wish I were still living in
the fifties when people answered phones and there were far fewer
bureaucrats, television was free and people dressed properly.
I do not envy those who will be living seventy or eighty years from now
as it will probably resemble a science fiction novel the likes of Metropolis
or Soylent Green.

[Allen]

I use to have to get out and drive @ 4am. As I passed people on the interstate I noticed nearly all of them that I glanced at were talking on their phones at 4 in the morning. Other times like you said, when people are sitting around they are texting, viewing the internet or something on their phones.

As I've mentioned before: it's becoming so "normal" that future statues need to be erected of people on their phones glued to their ears or staring at them.

In the 60's EVERYONE had a cigarette hanging out of their mouth. Now it is this.

[barretcreek]

Drive up I-5 and you'll end up in a country in which the leading cause of death is Euthanasia.

[Phloating Phlasher]

I recently & reluctantly went to a smart phone.
I even got "The Borg implant" Bluetooth earpiece.
I'm finding it has advantages over the old "phlip phlone", but it is addictive & you have to actively resist the siren song.

[Former Cav]

they NEED to install about 3 lines of code so that when the phone starts moving more then 3 MPH it shuts off.
anybody CAUGHT texting on a phone when they go down the dam*ed road should get a punishment more severe then DRUNK driving!
A DRUNK is at least on the look out for the cops. Some MORON texting is only looking at their dam*ed phone and Is NOT watching where they are going.

[Allen]

There's a lot of ways a phone can be made to not work in a moving or running car but those improvements will never occur.

We drove for over a hundred years w/o having a phone. We don't need them now except for emergencies in a stopped or non-running car.

[dogtag]

If you take your eyes off the road for less than a second, you could be in trouble.
A week or so ago I was in slow moving traffic when something fell off the front passenger seat.
I glanced down to see what it was , looked up to find I was inches from the guy in front who had stopped.
Phew, barely avoided hours of insurance crap.

[Phloating Phlasher]

My Google Pixel can be set up to detect motion & refuse to operate if you tell it you want to do that in several different modes.
Have driving mode turn on automatically on your Pixel phone

On Pixel 3 and later, you can set Do Not Disturb or Android Auto to turn on when you're driving. On your Pixel 2, you can set Do Not Disturb to turn on when you're driving.

For the best phone experience while driving:

To avoid distractions from your phone, set up Do Not Disturb.
If you need to see or touch your phone while driving, use driving mode with Android Auto.
If your car has Android Auto built in, use your car's display, not driving mode. Learn about Android Auto.

Pixel 3 & later: Set up driving mode

If you're pairing your phone with your car for the first time, learn how to connect via Bluetooth or fix car pairing.

Open your phone's Settings app.
Tap Connected devices And then Connection preferences And then Driving mode.
Tap Behavior.
To use your phone while driving, tap Open Android Auto. Learn about Android Auto.
To not use your phone while driving, tap Turn on Do Not Disturb. Learn about Do Not Disturb.
Tap Turn on automatically.
Pixel 3 & later: If you connect to your car via Bluetooth, tap When connected to Bluetooth. Then pick your car.
Pixel 3 only: If your car doesn't work with Bluetooth, tap When driving is detected.

Tip: If you have a Pixel 3 or later, your phone can detect if you’ve been in a car crash. Learn how to get help in an emergency using your Pixel phone.
Pixel 2: Set up a driving rule

Open your phone's Settings app.
Tap Sound And then Do Not Disturb. Learn about Do Not Disturb.
Tap Turn on automatically.
Tap Add rule And then Driving.
At the top, check that your rule is turned on.

To delete the rule, tap Delete .

[Allen]

Good to know but what I was referring to was phones being made not to function in a moving or running car and no ability to bypass that feature. If this were to be implemented it wouldn't just stop the calls it would stop the texting.

[Art]

Drive up I-5 and you'll end up in a country in which the leading cause of death is Euthanasia.

Now this caught my attention.

Euthanasia is not the leading cause of death in Canada, nor is it listed as a "cause of death" in the stats. Cancer has that distinction with about 80,000 deaths a year. However, at between 13,500 and 14,000 people a year euthanized in Canada annually at the moment it would be solidly in second place behind cancer in all causes of death :icon_e_surprised: . People "offed" by the state medical establishment for their own good has gone up sharply since mental illness was included as a cause (excuse?) for "assisted suicide."

In Holland euthanasia has been authorized for children as young as 5. I kid you not.

If I'm terribly depressed and hopeless feeling and blow my brains out or jump off a bridge its a bad thing but in Canada if I decide life stinks and I can't go on and get the state medical authorities to "help me out," well that's just peachy. To the Socialist left suicide is a bad thing unless they are complicit in it then its a virtue.

Just another case of how ghoulish the left can be and how slippery the slope is.

[barretcreek]

Thank you for the correction Art.

[Art]

Thank you for the correction Art.

It wasn't much of a correction and your point was well taken and very much appreciated.