{"id":3963,"date":"2011-12-28T11:26:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T11:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:46","slug":"new-device-to-block-cell-phones-while-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/new-device-to-block-cell-phones-while-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"New Device to Block Cell Phones While Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Phone-driver.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2339\" title=\"Phone driver\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Phone-driver.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2339 lazyload\" title=\"Phone driver\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Phone-driver.jpg\"><\/a>While federal regulators in the United States have begun making recommendations that all use of new and old cell phones should be banned for those behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, most experts agree that such a ban would be very difficult, if not almost impossible, to effectively enforce.&nbsp; Now, however, a new idea has arisen that could provide an alternative solution to the issue of driver distraction due to cell phones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>A system known as Cell Control will actually put a blocking screen up on the phone or drop a call once a vehicle is in motion.&nbsp; Cell Control can be plugged into the diagnostic plug of a motor vehicle, and it will work with software that has been installed onto selected kinds of cell phones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>The manufacturer of the system is hoping to be able to sell to firms that have large fleets of vehicles, as well to others such as parents of teenage drivers.&nbsp; \u201cPeople do get in their cars,\u201d says the vice president of Cell Control, Chuck Cox.&nbsp; \u201cThey do use their phones. 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They email.&nbsp; They surf.&nbsp; \u201cThey \u2018Words with Friends\u2019 and \u2018Angry Birds\u2019 and the whole bit, all while driving and that\u2019s dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>The cost of the Cell Control system is just $25 for the actual device itself, followed by a monthly payment of as little as $8 for as many as six cell phones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While federal regulators in the United States have begun making recommendations that all use of new and old cell phones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Device to Block Cell Phones While Driving<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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