Comments on: Distracted driving in San Diego: a rising epidemic? http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/02/22/distracted-driving-in-san-diego-a-rising-epidemic/ Enlightening La Jolla since 1913 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: jeffwon http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/02/22/distracted-driving-in-san-diego-a-rising-epidemic/#comment-213877 jeffwon Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:28:30 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=59182#comment-213877 justin bieber is fighting texting and driving epidemic <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BZBptmY3DN8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed...</a> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/options-media-launches-updated-consumer-website-for-phoneguard-app-2012-02-22" rel="nofollow">http://www.marketwatch.com/story/options-media-la...</a> <a href="http://phoneguard.com/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://phoneguard.com/default.aspx</a> #1 celebrity fighting the epidemic justin bieber is fighting texting and driving epidemic

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]]> By: @OTTERapp http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/02/22/distracted-driving-in-san-diego-a-rising-epidemic/#comment-213797 @OTTERapp Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:12:10 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=59182#comment-213797 I read that 94% of drivers think Text and Drive is lethal but over one third still do it. What to do? I think legislation has value in raising public awareness in forums like this one but it will be difficult to solely legislate our way out of this issue. I just read that over 3/4 of teens text daily - many text more than 4000 times a month. New college students no longer have email addresses! They use texting and Facebook - even with their professors. Tweens (ages 9 -12) send texts to each other from their bikes. This text and drive issue is in its infancy and its not going away. I decided to do something about distracted driving after my three year old daughter was nearly run down right in front of me by a texting driver. Instead of a shackle that locks down phones and alienates the user (especially teens) I built a tool called OTTER that is a simple GPS based, texting auto reply app for smartphones. It also silences those irresistible call ringtones while driving unless you have a bluetooth enabled. I think if we can empower the individual then change will come to our highways now and not just our laws. Erik Wood, owner OTTER LLC OTTER app I read that 94% of drivers think Text and Drive is lethal but over one third still do it. What to do? I think legislation has value in raising public awareness in forums like this one but it will be difficult to solely legislate our way out of this issue. I just read that over 3/4 of teens text daily – many text more than 4000 times a month. New college students no longer have email addresses! They use texting and Facebook – even with their professors. Tweens (ages 9 -12) send texts to each other from their bikes. This text and drive issue is in its infancy and its not going away.

I decided to do something about distracted driving after my three year old daughter was nearly run down right in front of me by a texting driver. Instead of a shackle that locks down phones and alienates the user (especially teens) I built a tool called OTTER that is a simple GPS based, texting auto reply app for smartphones. It also silences those irresistible call ringtones while driving unless you have a bluetooth enabled. I think if we can empower the individual then change will come to our highways now and not just our laws.

Erik Wood, owner
OTTER LLC
OTTER app

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