• 24
  • January
    2012

Although texting while driving is now illegal in Indiana, it is still legal to talk on the phone while driving even if you do not have a hands-free phone. Some stubborn drivers will refuse to stop talking no matter what the law says, and those people need to be convinced that there are better ways to talk on the phone without distractions that have the potential to cause car accidents.

Of course, everyone knows that hands-free devices are the way to go. Hands-free technologies are improving and most cars now have systems to integrate a Smartphone with the car's stereo system to use voice instruction for dialing and answering. That technology is practically outdated, as the new wave of the future may just be "augmented-reality" windshields, recently unveiled by Mercedes Benz at the Consumer Electronics Show last week and touted as the future of driving.

These windshields use hologram-style visuals to give information and respond to drivers' needs while driving through gesture technology, or the use of hand motions. Mercedes claims this is only the beginning and is looking into medical technologies for drivers, such as insulin monitoring for diabetics and help for allergy sufferers seeking to avoid pollen-infested areas. It will take a few years for this new technology to make it to the retail market, but it is definitely on the way. Whether this will reduce or contribute to distracted driving car accidents remains to be seen.

Doehrman Chamberlain - Indianapolis accident attorneys