Safer driving made easy

EVERYONE KNOWS how annoying it is to receive a call when driving that you simply can’t answer for safety reasons. But a Canadian company has come up with an ingenious piece of software to combat this very problem.

Hands-free and in-car devices just haven’t done the trick – mainly because people forget to bring them or simply don’t buy them – that’s where Aegis Mobility comes in bringing you Drive Assist.

This new service has been specifically designed to prevent drivers, in particular mobile phone-addicted teenagers, from making calls or text messaging whilst on the road.

The concept is pretty simple, it is basically a virtual secretary which picks up your calls – what Aegis has described as “advanced call management technology”.

The software in the device is able to determine when the car is moving or stationary, if the car is moving, then the device kicks in and takes the calls providing a messaging service for call-back numbers.

Although this is a great and useful piece of technology which will cut dangerous driving it also has a downside – for the driver.

Drive Assist will also get you into trouble, with your boss or your parents, even your partner as it will also tell the caller of your whereabouts, using GPS or cell phone towers.

As the caller, you can bypass the service, indicating that your call is an emergency, which may be a bad idea as people will probably do this more often than not.

Drive Assist is currently negotiating with telecoms companies in order to make the service available on a monthly subscription. µ