The plan would make permanent the temporary ban announced at the beginning of the calendar year by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.  The proposed ban applies to bus drivers and truck drivers operating vehicles weighing more than ten thousand pounds.  As an indication of the scope of the issue, the drivers could face civil penalities and/or even criminal penalties.

The US Department of Transportation reported almost 6,000 people died and about 515,000 were injured in 2008 in accidents involving distracted drivers.  They has not determined how many of those accidents involved mobile device.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reflects the Transportation Department estimates with projection that around eighty percent of crashes are caused by driver distraction.  The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is funding research to determine the extent of the distraction issue.  The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)   reports that driver inattention is a determining factor in many crashes, and mobile phone calls and texting are some of the most common driver distractions.

State legislators aren’t waiting for research reports and are passing new regulations dealing with mobile phone use  and texting .  The Governors Highway Safety Association reports that twenty states plus the District of Columbia restrict drivers of all types of vehicles from texting while behind the wheel.  An additional nine states prohibiting texting by beginner drivers.  The remaining states are expected to implement the ban eventually.  However it is also widely recognized that the laws are not enough to stop the problem and technology is neede.  The Governors Highway Safety Association purports to say it supports texting bans for all drivers, but does have concerns about enforcement.

A leading company with a monitoring solution is Phone Beagle.  Their software installs on Android and BlackBerry cell phones and monitors GPS location, and text messages along with other phone log activity.

The trucking and passenger bus trade associations support the texting ban, and many corporations have strict policies against texting while driving.  The government, industry and safety organizations all agree that distracted drivers  caused bytexting is extremely dangerous, and is worthy of action.  Advocates for dealing with the problem also include celebrity Oprah. 

Undoubtedly there are numerous distractions which may prevent a driver focusing on driving:  fiddling with the radio or a inserting tape or CD, talking to passengers, observing an event outside the vehicle, and of course, using mobile phones and texting.  Navigational and other interactive devices also distract drivers.

As regulations and technology work to to solve the issues a software package from  Phone Beagle is available to help deal with monitoring phone use.  Their software installs on Android and BlackBerry mobile phones and monitors GPS location, and text messages along with other call log events.

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Basic Features:

1) SMS notification on SIM Change to predefined number – After installing Roblock in your blackberry phone, you can enter and save someone’s number (might be your friend or wife or husband). If the blackberry phone is lost/stolen and once a new sim is inserted in to the lost/stolen phone, an sms will be sent to the predefined number which you have saved during installation of roblock. This sms will have many useful info about your phone including the phone number of the new sim.

2) Sends the device location information to the predefined number.

3) Does not affect mobile performance in normal operation

4) Tiny installation footprint

5) Easy Configuration

6) Password Protected Settings

Advanced Features:

1) Recover contacts from lost blackberry phone — By sending a text message from the predefined number with some simple commands to the stolen/lost blackberry phone which has roblock installed in it, the owner of the phone can retrieve all the contacts from the lost/stolen blackberry phone.

2) Remote Wipe — Once the blackberry is lost or stolen, the user has an option to remotely wipe all the data in the lost/stolen blackberry device including the memory card and hence disabling the confidential data from falling in to wrong hands. Roblock’s Remote WIPE feature does not rely on BES features and hence it works even when such services are unavailable. To remote WIPE a blackberry phone which has Roblock installed in it, the phone owner can send a text message with some simple commands to the stolen/lost blackberry phone as provided in the user manual.

3) Remote LOCK & ALARM – When the blackberry phone is lost or stolen, the owner of the phone can activate a permanent lock on the phone together with a loud Alarm and Vibration. This does two things

a) The phone is permanently locked and the thief cannot get in to the phone by any means so this ends his purpose of stealing the blackberry phone.
b) The alarm will start shouting continuously and the thief cannot stop the alarm unless he removes the battery.

You can purchase Roblock or download trial version from www.dexmobile.com

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