Reader comments: How the cell-phone study was conducted
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Dave | 7:36 a.m. Jan. 3, 2008
We should b thankfull for these studies. I used to think talking on a cell phone would make me drive faster and safer.
Robert Warren | 10:54 a.m. Jan. 3, 2008
The parameters for this study seem to be fairly good. Is there any additional data to discuss the accident rate or road rage caused? The cost of time delays and repair costs could be weighed against the value of business conducted today rather than forgetting to make that call. Also if the driver will be late for an appointment he can call ahead.
College students generally have quicker reaction times than people over 55 yet they have more accidents per mile driven largely due to their impatience and lesser amount of driving time.
If the time delay was UP TO 19 seconds, what was the AVERAGE delay? At 50 mph the 9.2 miles would take 662.4 seconds and the delay would be UP TO 2.9 % of that time.
College students generally have quicker reaction times than people over 55 yet they have more accidents per mile driven largely due to their impatience and lesser amount of driving time.
If the time delay was UP TO 19 seconds, what was the AVERAGE delay? At 50 mph the 9.2 miles would take 662.4 seconds and the delay would be UP TO 2.9 % of that time.
Demetrius Thompson | 2:43 a.m. Jan. 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Global Mobile Alert Corporation, a Los Angeles-based mobile resource company, developed and was issued a Patent on December 11, Patent No. 7,308,247 for the first mobile alerting system in the United States, MyMobile Alert, which uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) chip embedded in a cell phone. Demetrius Thompson came up with the idea while a Seattle resident after being struck twice by drivers talking on cell phones.
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Demetrius Thompson | 6:26 p.m. Jan. 5, 2008
When a driver is talking on a mobile phone and approaches within 100 yards of a stoplight, the system emits a distinct intermittent chirp during the driver's conversation, alerting them to pay attention. The system is designed to help restore full concentration seven to 10 seconds before reaching an intersection according to Thompson.
Marketing consultant and legislative liaison, Randy Anderson of Marketing Enterprises in Bethesda, Md., said, “I have been with the project for a decade. The reckless use of cell phones while driving is proving deadlier by the day; one young tenacious inventor is doing something about that. As a victim of a distracted driver and nearly losing his life, Demetrius Thompson is a driven entrepreneur whose motivation is to save lives. Every parent who has a love one with a driver’s license should be thinking of MyMobile Alert.”
Marketing consultant and legislative liaison, Randy Anderson of Marketing Enterprises in Bethesda, Md., said, “I have been with the project for a decade. The reckless use of cell phones while driving is proving deadlier by the day; one young tenacious inventor is doing something about that. As a victim of a distracted driver and nearly losing his life, Demetrius Thompson is a driven entrepreneur whose motivation is to save lives. Every parent who has a love one with a driver’s license should be thinking of MyMobile Alert.”
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