Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Should Phone companies be responsible for distracted driving?
As I was reading articles in the Room for Debate I came across an article that was talking about if phone companies should be held accountable for distracted driving. As I was reading the story, a girl in a car was killed while the driver was distracted on his phone and the family sued Apple. In the article, the family said that Apple and other companies should disable distracting apps while driving. The problem with this is if they build in an accelerometer they would also have to ask a question like if you are driving the car. By asking the user this question, it would allow you to use the phone when you aren't driving while in the car. This would be a solution to this problem, but sometimes people lie on questions including the are you 18 question. In another word, "any alarm clock user who denies that he has heard the siren of the song of the snooze button is lying"(Katherine). I personally think that it should not be the fault of the companies, but the responsibility of the user of the phone to think of the safety of others. Also, we need to keep reinforcing the fact of not using your phones while driving from all ages from first-year driving to more experienced drivers. How do you feel about this? Should phone companies be held accountable? What other things should phone companies add to help with distracted driving?
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I agree that it shouldn’t be the phone companies fault for other people’s bad decisions. If phone companies do decide to put something on the phone that makes it known you’re driving then that’s a good idea. It will be the person who owns the phone who is at fault if they lie on the question asking “are you driving”. Apple has something like this on the phones which you can decide to put on your phone for your safety and others. Phone companies shouldn’t be in charge for other people’s actions.
ReplyDeleteNo. Absolutely not. Phone companies are not help responsible for how we use the phones and the choices we make with them. They are merely providers. It is our choice on whether or not to pick up that phone while we drive or not. The companies have nothing to do with that. Change my mind... Yes, companies can help limit drivers being on their phones while driving by creating apps and technology that help remind the driver so stay off their phone beforehand. But at the end of the day, it is that persons choice and own will to use their phone whenever and unfortunately they choose to use it at the most dangerous times. We know the consequences that can follow and we have the option (in this case) to chose the outcome. Therefore it is not the companies fault at all. It is ours and ours only.
ReplyDeletePhone companies shouldn’t be the ones held responsible for distracted drivers. People make dumb choices even though they know there are major consequences. Apple has done their part when they added a special feature, Do not disturb while driving, which prevents incoming calls, text, and notifications. If the drivers choose to ignore that then you can only blame the person for driving while distracted.
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