Using a mobile phone behind the wheel is a problem and society is aware of it Apple. In iOS 11 we areonerecently received the "Do Not Disturb While Driving" feature, which suppresses notifications and thus reduces driver distraction. We recently informed about research in which the American insurance company Everquote obtained data from the Ever appdriveThe data included 1,25 billion miles driven by drivers in the United States and showed that 70% of them had the Do Not Disturb feature turned on.
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Apple apparently intends to further develop this function and it seems that it will play a major role here Siri. At least that's what a patent application published this week suggests. According to its text, it will be Siri be able to answer a call and tell the caller that you are currently driving. It will also probably be possible to set up a situation where you are simultaneously busy and Siri will respond to the given circumstance accordingly in the way you choose. However, the main idea of the whole function is aimed at drivers in order to further reduce traffic accidents. This is only a patent that may never be worked on. However, such a function would certainly be a reasonable step forward.
Here's how to turn on the "Do not disturb while driving" function:
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But many drivers still use hands-free. Experts turn their backs on this style of conducting calls, agreeing that the level of distraction while on the phone is the same as consuming a small amount of alcohol. Hands-free is said to be much more dangerous than a conversation with a fellow passenger.
why is hands free more dangerous than a conversation with a fellow passenger?