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Just one day before the
anticipated launch of the iPhone 6, Nassau County released plans to combat
texting and driving. This plan will
include new court practices, as well as engage the tech industry and insurance
industries to improve driver safety.
The Plan:
- Urge cellphone manufacturers to incorporate texting block technologies into the smartphone operating system.
- Ask insurance carriers to provide discounts to drivers who use applications that block texting on their devices.
- Recommend that sentencing courts adopt a specific plea program that includes text-block technology. Where any charge is reduced as part of a guilty plea, use of such devices, at the cost of the offender.
- Request that law-enforcement agencies issue more tickets for violations, when appropriate.
- Increase public awareness with safety apps and other resources.
