Automakers Ford Motor Company announced 9/10/2009 that it supported bans on text messaging while driving. Ford offers a product called Ford Sync that, among other features, will read text messages to drivers.
“The most complete and most recent research shows that activity that draws drivers’ eyes away from the road for an extended period while driving, such as text messaging, substantially increases the risk of accidents,” Susan M. Cischke, Ford’s group vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering, said in the statement.
“Ford believes hands-free, voice-activated technology substantially reduces that risk by allowing drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. Ford supports a ban on hand-held text messaging while driving.”
The ban would not affect use of Ford’s in-car communications and entertainment system, called Ford Sync, which allows most mobile phones to be used hands-free
Read more at the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/business/11ford.html
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