KSL : July 8th, 2010 @ 11:30am

Mike Fahnert with Safe Driving Systems, shares a Utah invention that stops most calls and texting while your car is in motion.

Want to keep yourself, your teenager,or other loved ones safe behind the wheel? Using Key2SafeDriving will create a no phone zone and help save lives.

Order today and use the promo code "Studio5" for a 10% discount.

Here's how it works:

The Key2SafeDriving™ system routes calls and texts to voicemail while driving. It prevents outgoing calls and texts to all phone numbers except 911 and two pre-programmed numbers of your choice (such as a spouse or parents.)

Safe Driving System's flagship product, Key2SafeDriving™, is an easy to install, cost effective, profile-driven system for limiting cell phone usage while driving. Key2SafeDriving™ reroutes calls and texts sent to the driver directly to voice mail and sends an automated text message response saying that the driver will call back or text when they have safely reached their destination.

Our number one goal is to help save lives by empowering parents, families, and fleet managers with tools to eliminate cell phones as a driving distraction, giving them peace-of-mind when their teenagers and employees are behind the wheel.

Facts:

16 people will be killed today...and tomorrow... and the next day in distracted driver collisions. That's 6,000 preventable deaths per year.

The risk of causing an accident goes up 400% if you are talking on the phone while you are driving. (Similar to driving intoxicated with a blood alcohol level of .08)*

The risk of causing an accident goes up 800% if you are texting on the phone while driving.*

The National Safety Council estimates 25 percent of all crashes in 2008 involved cell phone use while driving accounting for 1.4 million crashes and 645,000 injuries that year.

For further information about Key2SafeDriving, contact Martin Lee
on 888-411-3451 x202
or at 3051 West Maple Loop Drive, Suite 300, Lehi, UT 84043
or visit www.key2safedriving.com 

* Research provided by Dr. David Strayer, University of Utah.

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The Oprah Winfrey Show : January 18, 2009

 

Car & Driver : June 2009

If you use a cell phone, chances are you’re aware of “text messaging”—brief messages limited to 160 characters that can be sent or received on all modern  mobile phones. Texting, also known as SMS (for short message service),is on the rise, up from 9.8 billion messages a month in December ’05 to110.4 billion in December ’08. Undoubtedly, more than a few of those messages are being sent by people driving cars. Is texting while driving a dangerous idea? We decided to conduct a test.

Oprah Radio : July 26, 2007

Today's teenagers are masters at high-tech multitasking, juggling cell phones, text messaging, online chatting and more.

While managing the different forms of communication may be hip, Seventeen magazine's Ann Shoket says the trend does not mix with driving. Ann talks with Gayle about a recent AAA/Seventeen survey that shows an increasing number of teens multitasking and engaging in other distracting behavior while behind the wheel.

According to the survey of 1,000 teens:

- 46 percent text messaged while driving
- 51 percent talked on the phone while driving
- 58 percent drove with friends in the car, and
- 40 percent have exceeded the speed limit by 10 miles per hour.

"It used to be that everybody was worried about driving under the influence," Ann says. "Now, everyone has to worry about driving while distracted. When you combine a cell phone — whether you are talking or texting — with driving, it is a recipe for disaster."

Preventing distracted driving deaths starts at home and Ann says that means parents need to reiterate good driving habits. "If parents are giving their teens the responsibility of driving a car, then parents have to give their teens the responsibility of enforcing the rules of the road," she says. Ann shares advice for teen drivers to follow when behind the wheel:

- Sign a safe driving contract
- Wear a seat belt
- Avoid changing the radio
- Do not talk on your cell phone
- Do not text message
- Allow a maximum of one teen passenger in the car.