How This iPhone 'Car Mode' Concept Will Help You Drive Safe And Live Longer
Every phone on the planet has an airplane mode, so why not do the same for a car?
By Sadho Ram — 09 Nov 2013, 04:54 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
According to Mashable, New York designer Joey Cofone recently developed "Car Mode," which discourages users from using their iPhones while driving
Much like "Airplane Mode," Car Mode — which is still a concept — would show up in your iPhone settings after installing iOS 7.
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Car Mode can self-activate when you connect your device to your car’s Bluetooth system.
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The concept shows that it will be controlled within the iOS Settings app just like any other native feature
When activated, the system will neither display and SMS/iMessage notifications, nor will it allow you to generate or reply to one should you even want to.
The only time you will have access to your text messages would be when you disconnect the phone from car’s Bluetooth, or when you stop driving.
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The “Car Mode” will still allow GPS-assisted navigation and hands free calls, should you wish to avail those.
redmondpie.comCofone’s concept won the first prize in the Command X contest that was held during American Institute of Graphic Arts design conference held last month
The participants of the contest were asked to propose a solution that would eliminate the potential hazard that texting and driving is.
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Cofone’s solution not only was intuitive and practical, but also doesn’t put “Car Mode” as an additional app that you’d have to download; it’d be an integrated feature of iOS that could ensure the highest number of users since it’s “already there”.
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Cofone said he decided not to design Car Mode as a separate app or device, instead opting to embed it within iOS 7, as more people would use the mode if it is already part of the iPhone's operating system.
"It's all about finding where the fault lies — the opportunity to introduce a solution — and designing from there. In this case, it was the realization that people are good at not initiating texts while driving, but terrible at resisting incoming texts. We created a solution that, once people turned it on, completely eliminates temptation until Car Mode is deactivated," Cofone told Mashable in an email.
Cofone is still in the early stages of developing his design concept, and has not yet contacted Apple about incorporating Car Mode into iOS
If Apple eventually chooses to add Car Mode, Cofone said he would like the company to partner with car-insurance firms, so they can track and reward safe drivers. Those logging Car-Mode hours could potentially lower their car-insurance rates.
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"More people die every year from texting while driving than drinking while driving — this is something that should be addressed by Apple, the leader in the smartphone market," Cofone said.