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Originally Posted by pMart36
From what I understand there wont a resolution, according to a BMW rep I spoke with this past week. Apparently there was an accident where a passenger died, the passenger was on the phone and the family of the passenger is suing the car company for not having a disclaimer in the car like there is for the navigation system. The BMW rep said BMW doesn't want the function to work in the US now. He even said that come 2020 cars will have a scrambler to not allow cell phones to receive service while the car is in motion. How much truth is there to this story, I have no clue, its just what I was told.
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Makes sense, a lot of accident research over the past few years has shown that having a conversation, whether on a hands-free or handheld mobile phone, increases your probability of having an accident by a factor of 4. Even talking to a passenger, or listening to a passenger engage in a phone conversation can distract the driver.
Next thing we know they will be fitting cars with a "cone of silence" for the driver
(apologies to those who never watched Get Smart and have no idea what I'm talking about
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