What happens if a child is being chased by some creap and they need to notify parents or authorities. What if they run into critical situation where they need to make a call while driving?
You didn’t read the article very closely – cell phones would always be able to call 911 and any other pre-approved numbers, most likely the parents’ own phones.
What did we do when we felt threatened before there were mobile phones? I was told to drive to the nearest police station or hospital and blow my horn!
On the first day I took my daughter out with her new learner’s permit, her cell phone went off and she reached for it, despite what she has been told, instructed, shown examples of, lectured about, and all together knows better!
She has even seen my erratic driving while messing with my own cell phone (she steered me back on to the road from the passenger’s seat before i hit a guard rail).
Soo… while they are at it, give me one of those keys too – for my own safety!
exactly either across the board or not at all, this has nothing to do with teenagers — how does the key know it is a teenager and not an adult driving…..
Mom- Where do you think your daughter got the idea of using the cell phone while driving. Kids, as you SHOULD know learn more from watching their parents than from any lectures or training.
You are a bad example – and the child is going to mimick your behavior.
my daughter is 15 months old. She already knows that she’s not getting a cellphone until she’s at least 2, and if she tries to ride her tricycle and text at the same time, she won’t get any animal crackers. See folks, you gotta teach ’em EARLY!
You are exactly right! Me and every other car on the road seems to have a driver chit chatting, holding their cell phone to their ear, despite the fact that my state is hands free. It’s not just me!
Make it standard equipment on the next model year for all vehicles!
Considering the number of fatal accidents involving teenage drivers, the level of intelligence (or lack there of) in some of these responses is amazing. Teens talking or texting while driving is a very serious issue and I am glad someone took the time to develop this product. It will not only protect the teens but also everyone else on the road.
The point is, why should you have to buy a product that forces your teen to do something they should be doing anyway? Remember the automatic seat belts they had in cars back in the early ’90’s for people that didn’t remember to put on their seatbelts? You don’t see those anymore, but the first thing most of us do now is put on our seatbelt once we get in the car. Ingrain into your child’s brain from an early age (and don’t use your cellphone in front of them), and they’ll refrain from using it when they get behind the wheel.
That’s a great thought….you’re daughter is 15 months old??? Good luck! I think I’m an excellent mom, but they do have outside influences, like friends, regardless of what kind of parent you are. I’ve been lucky. One is 19, college student, plays college softball so stays very busy – still can’t get the #*&@ cell phone out of her hand, but I try every day. I will be adding this feature to my cell phone plan, when available. You’ll learn that your daughter will always know more than you. My 19 year old is just now saying to me “I get it now”.
unfortunately at 15 months, she already knows more than me. for example: so far, she’s stayed away from the insurance industry (another joke, folks).
I guess my saving grace is that they’ll hopefully have something safer figured out once she learns to drive instead of cellphones. of course, there’ll probably be some other piece of annoying technology to worry about…
It is easy to get the cell phone out of their hand. Quit paying their bill. When my son couldn’t stay within the alloted minutes he was given, I dropped his service from my plan and told him to get his own. So, he went out and promptly got his own phone and then within the first month, went way over his minutes and had a huge bill. Guess what, he couldn’t pay it, they canceled his phone and now he is making monthly payments to them to get it cleared up. Now he has to have a pay as you go phone. Amazingly, he cell phone and text usage is about 20% of what it used to be.
If I bought the car, or pay for the insurance, or pay for the cell phone, you abide by my rules which include using this blocking device. End of story. Until they are adults and out on their own, kids should respect their parents wishes and the law. Why do people have such a difficult time with this? It’s not like we are saying you can’t use your cell phone. You just can’t use it when driving.
We were strict with our two now grown children and tried to teach them right. But children don’t do everything they are taught. Fact of life. They are people, not robots that you can program. At some point they will do things you don’t approve of, you can only hope that those things won’t hurt them or someone else. A little reality here folks.
well, first of all, this is a great idea. the kids have to retrieve the key from w/in their own cellphone. all emergency numbers will be authorized to call (911 and parent approved). wonder why i never came up w/the idea and not missing out on the great money for this patent!
now, next idea — how about a cellphone lockout for those that bring it into the bathroom. i think it’s rude. can you imagine the listener on the other end hearing noises? um…um… or imagine them saying, can i put you on hold while i wipe my ….. there are folks that can’t live w/o this device. it’s almost a 25/7. i know a gal, who works all day on the computer as soon as she gets a break, out comes the cellphone. when she gets up to go home, out comes the cellphone. what has this society come to?
wonder if it disables all cell phones in the car? if so, could I be sitting in my parked car unable to use my cell phone because a nearby car has disabled all cell phones within X radius? and if it only disables the driver’s phone, could they not use a passenger’s or borrowed phone? disabling stupidity seems to be a never-ending quest!
you did not comprehend how this system will work. the key is attached to the teen’s cellphone. they have to detach the key from the phone to put into the vehicle. that key will lock the cellphone out except for the emergency numbers. this will not affect any other cellphone w/in the vehicle. although, that could present another problem if that teen has other teens riding in the car also. reason, that teen driver might want to talk w/the same person as the other folks. instead of that person holding onto it and putting it on speakerphone, the driver might want to put it into his/her hands to talk. again, back to cellphone in use while driving. so, it’s going to take a talk from the parents to install rules and hopefully enforce them when broken. also, the teen w/common sense can understand the parents views and realize what can happen.
Remember, we can’t be around our children 24/7. if we have installed good values for our kids, they might follow our lead and examples. remind your teenager, that driving is a priviledge and not a right. afterall, not only can you the parent take that license but so can the state, if need be.
Actually Woodchuck you dont understand it either – Read more closely – Theres not a key attached to a cell phone you idiot! How old are you??
The system includes a device that encloses a car key – one for each teen driver or family member. The device connects wirelessly with each key user’s cell phone via either Bluetooth or RFID (radio-frequency identification) technologies.
Compman, your “son” sounds like a whiny little girl to me. Boys dont usually talk on the phone that much. Maybe if he was a real boy and played sports he wouldn’t have so much time to play on the phone all day like a little girl.
well, i am 47. with technology nowdays, i was not actually familiar with how they plan to attach key w/phone. cause how would the phone actually know it’s in the ignition system?
What’s wrong with the 2 of you? Why would you feel the need to try speak this way to people that you don’t even know about a subject matter that should not personally affect or offend you? I feel for your children and wife, if you have them and this is how you lead by example….sounds like you need some anger management classes.
Compman, I apologize, I was just kidding, I didnt mean to offend you. I’m not in the insurance industry, I was just drawn to this article because my daughter was actually killed in an accident with a young kid who was on a cell phone. This was years ago though.
I agree that cell phones have become a big issue when it comes to driving but I don’t believe that it should be singled out to just teenagers because I see way more adult drivers on their phones while I’m on the road than young drivers. Adults feel that since they have been driving longer they are better equiped to talk or text but they are just as careless as the next person. I have cursed many adults out while driving and they aren’t paying attention due to them using their phone and it makes me sick. So yes it’s a good product but should be for all who drive because most drivers have a cell phone. While they are at it, all cars should be equipped with blow test to keep all the adult drivers from driving drunk which also causes a lot of accidents.
That only works if your child is broke and irresponsible. Mine has a unlimited plan with Sprint and so she can talk all day and night on it. So that won’t always work. They like us have to learn from experience. No matter how much you preach to your child and show them the correct way to behave every once in awhile they just have to figure it out for themselves. I think this product won’t make it to mass production.
In fact, this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of. Why spend $50 when you could sit down with your kid and explain to them how dumb it is to talk, text and drive. That’s the problem with kids these days, parents don’t give a sh–. Just buy a solution! It’s the American way. Not to mention I see just as many soccer moms in SUV’s the size of the Titanic chatting it up all the time. Oh, and you can’t forget the hot shot in the “penis envy” sports car blabbing on his cell phone while cutting you off in rush hour traffic this morning. Education is the key here folks, not some $50 miracle key ring. Educate your kids and practice what you preach.
Maybe I don’t fully understand the technology, but could you just add an ignition switch or remote starter to bypass the smart key? Or…maybe just make a copy of the key…or buy a prepaid cell phone in addition to your smart phone?
Why not build a key that blocks the use of the radio; cd/ipod, GPS, heater, ac, make-up application, and eating while the vehicle is in motion?
What happens if a child is being chased by some creap and they need to notify parents or authorities. What if they run into critical situation where they need to make a call while driving?
Good point.
You didn’t read the article very closely – cell phones would always be able to call 911 and any other pre-approved numbers, most likely the parents’ own phones.
What did we do when we felt threatened before there were mobile phones? I was told to drive to the nearest police station or hospital and blow my horn!
This should apply to most adults as well.
that’s it. i’m forcing my daughter to wear a shock collar that zaps her once she violates a certain perimeter or has an independent thought. BAD GIRL!
Works on PLR
On the first day I took my daughter out with her new learner’s permit, her cell phone went off and she reached for it, despite what she has been told, instructed, shown examples of, lectured about, and all together knows better!
She has even seen my erratic driving while messing with my own cell phone (she steered me back on to the road from the passenger’s seat before i hit a guard rail).
Soo… while they are at it, give me one of those keys too – for my own safety!
I’m getting a chastity belt for her too while I’m at it.
Joe Mama,
Better she be alive with a shock collar than dead with a cell phone in her hand!
exactly either across the board or not at all, this has nothing to do with teenagers — how does the key know it is a teenager and not an adult driving…..
Mom- Where do you think your daughter got the idea of using the cell phone while driving. Kids, as you SHOULD know learn more from watching their parents than from any lectures or training.
You are a bad example – and the child is going to mimick your behavior.
my daughter is 15 months old. She already knows that she’s not getting a cellphone until she’s at least 2, and if she tries to ride her tricycle and text at the same time, she won’t get any animal crackers. See folks, you gotta teach ’em EARLY!
You are exactly right! Me and every other car on the road seems to have a driver chit chatting, holding their cell phone to their ear, despite the fact that my state is hands free. It’s not just me!
Make it standard equipment on the next model year for all vehicles!
are your initials MC?
nope, sorry.
Considering the number of fatal accidents involving teenage drivers, the level of intelligence (or lack there of) in some of these responses is amazing. Teens talking or texting while driving is a very serious issue and I am glad someone took the time to develop this product. It will not only protect the teens but also everyone else on the road.
AMEN!
Wake Up, how about Lighten Up? It’s just a joke!
The point is, why should you have to buy a product that forces your teen to do something they should be doing anyway? Remember the automatic seat belts they had in cars back in the early ’90’s for people that didn’t remember to put on their seatbelts? You don’t see those anymore, but the first thing most of us do now is put on our seatbelt once we get in the car. Ingrain into your child’s brain from an early age (and don’t use your cellphone in front of them), and they’ll refrain from using it when they get behind the wheel.
Joe Mama,
That’s a great thought….you’re daughter is 15 months old??? Good luck! I think I’m an excellent mom, but they do have outside influences, like friends, regardless of what kind of parent you are. I’ve been lucky. One is 19, college student, plays college softball so stays very busy – still can’t get the #*&@ cell phone out of her hand, but I try every day. I will be adding this feature to my cell phone plan, when available. You’ll learn that your daughter will always know more than you. My 19 year old is just now saying to me “I get it now”.
unfortunately at 15 months, she already knows more than me. for example: so far, she’s stayed away from the insurance industry (another joke, folks).
I guess my saving grace is that they’ll hopefully have something safer figured out once she learns to drive instead of cellphones. of course, there’ll probably be some other piece of annoying technology to worry about…
It is easy to get the cell phone out of their hand. Quit paying their bill. When my son couldn’t stay within the alloted minutes he was given, I dropped his service from my plan and told him to get his own. So, he went out and promptly got his own phone and then within the first month, went way over his minutes and had a huge bill. Guess what, he couldn’t pay it, they canceled his phone and now he is making monthly payments to them to get it cleared up. Now he has to have a pay as you go phone. Amazingly, he cell phone and text usage is about 20% of what it used to be.
If I bought the car, or pay for the insurance, or pay for the cell phone, you abide by my rules which include using this blocking device. End of story. Until they are adults and out on their own, kids should respect their parents wishes and the law. Why do people have such a difficult time with this? It’s not like we are saying you can’t use your cell phone. You just can’t use it when driving.
We were strict with our two now grown children and tried to teach them right. But children don’t do everything they are taught. Fact of life. They are people, not robots that you can program. At some point they will do things you don’t approve of, you can only hope that those things won’t hurt them or someone else. A little reality here folks.
well, first of all, this is a great idea. the kids have to retrieve the key from w/in their own cellphone. all emergency numbers will be authorized to call (911 and parent approved). wonder why i never came up w/the idea and not missing out on the great money for this patent!
now, next idea — how about a cellphone lockout for those that bring it into the bathroom. i think it’s rude. can you imagine the listener on the other end hearing noises? um…um… or imagine them saying, can i put you on hold while i wipe my ….. there are folks that can’t live w/o this device. it’s almost a 25/7. i know a gal, who works all day on the computer as soon as she gets a break, out comes the cellphone. when she gets up to go home, out comes the cellphone. what has this society come to?
wonder if it disables all cell phones in the car? if so, could I be sitting in my parked car unable to use my cell phone because a nearby car has disabled all cell phones within X radius? and if it only disables the driver’s phone, could they not use a passenger’s or borrowed phone? disabling stupidity seems to be a never-ending quest!
you did not comprehend how this system will work. the key is attached to the teen’s cellphone. they have to detach the key from the phone to put into the vehicle. that key will lock the cellphone out except for the emergency numbers. this will not affect any other cellphone w/in the vehicle. although, that could present another problem if that teen has other teens riding in the car also. reason, that teen driver might want to talk w/the same person as the other folks. instead of that person holding onto it and putting it on speakerphone, the driver might want to put it into his/her hands to talk. again, back to cellphone in use while driving. so, it’s going to take a talk from the parents to install rules and hopefully enforce them when broken. also, the teen w/common sense can understand the parents views and realize what can happen.
Remember, we can’t be around our children 24/7. if we have installed good values for our kids, they might follow our lead and examples. remind your teenager, that driving is a priviledge and not a right. afterall, not only can you the parent take that license but so can the state, if need be.
Actually Woodchuck you dont understand it either – Read more closely – Theres not a key attached to a cell phone you idiot! How old are you??
The system includes a device that encloses a car key – one for each teen driver or family member. The device connects wirelessly with each key user’s cell phone via either Bluetooth or RFID (radio-frequency identification) technologies.
Compman, your “son” sounds like a whiny little girl to me. Boys dont usually talk on the phone that much. Maybe if he was a real boy and played sports he wouldn’t have so much time to play on the phone all day like a little girl.
well, i am 47. with technology nowdays, i was not actually familiar with how they plan to attach key w/phone. cause how would the phone actually know it’s in the ignition system?
Yeah Buck, he talks on the phone alot. The rest of the time he is boinking your teenage daughter.
Buck and Mike,
What’s wrong with the 2 of you? Why would you feel the need to try speak this way to people that you don’t even know about a subject matter that should not personally affect or offend you? I feel for your children and wife, if you have them and this is how you lead by example….sounds like you need some anger management classes.
Compman, I apologize, I was just kidding, I didnt mean to offend you. I’m not in the insurance industry, I was just drawn to this article because my daughter was actually killed in an accident with a young kid who was on a cell phone. This was years ago though.
I agree that cell phones have become a big issue when it comes to driving but I don’t believe that it should be singled out to just teenagers because I see way more adult drivers on their phones while I’m on the road than young drivers. Adults feel that since they have been driving longer they are better equiped to talk or text but they are just as careless as the next person. I have cursed many adults out while driving and they aren’t paying attention due to them using their phone and it makes me sick. So yes it’s a good product but should be for all who drive because most drivers have a cell phone. While they are at it, all cars should be equipped with blow test to keep all the adult drivers from driving drunk which also causes a lot of accidents.
That only works if your child is broke and irresponsible. Mine has a unlimited plan with Sprint and so she can talk all day and night on it. So that won’t always work. They like us have to learn from experience. No matter how much you preach to your child and show them the correct way to behave every once in awhile they just have to figure it out for themselves. I think this product won’t make it to mass production.
In fact, this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of. Why spend $50 when you could sit down with your kid and explain to them how dumb it is to talk, text and drive. That’s the problem with kids these days, parents don’t give a sh–. Just buy a solution! It’s the American way. Not to mention I see just as many soccer moms in SUV’s the size of the Titanic chatting it up all the time. Oh, and you can’t forget the hot shot in the “penis envy” sports car blabbing on his cell phone while cutting you off in rush hour traffic this morning. Education is the key here folks, not some $50 miracle key ring. Educate your kids and practice what you preach.
Maybe I don’t fully understand the technology, but could you just add an ignition switch or remote starter to bypass the smart key? Or…maybe just make a copy of the key…or buy a prepaid cell phone in addition to your smart phone?
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