Chicago DUI attorney comments on texting, talking, and driving

This Chicago DUI attorney has posted here, here, and here about distracted driving.  Can you believe it, looks like there’s an app for that?

From nytimes.com:

Cellular carriers, having spent years trying to blanket the nation with phone service, are now working on ways to stop people from getting calls and texts when they are behind the wheel.

 T-Mobile announced a service this week that, for $4.99 a month, automatically disables rings and alerts and sends calls to voice mail when the phone is in a moving car. Sprint Nextel and AT&T said they were exploring the technology, while Verizon Wireless has been cooperating with small companies to offer a similar service on its network.

The services being tested and deployed are voluntary and can be overridden if a driver needs to use the phone for an emergency. They face real challenges in that the technology, for now, cannot distinguish whether a phone belongs to a driver or a passenger — or, for that matter, a bus rider.

Some think it’s ridiculous to pay someone, like a trainer, to help you in your workout, have we reached a point where we will pay a company to disable our ability to talk or text?