Digital Lifestyle: Car Infotainment & Public Safety Crisis

Digital LifestyleCar Infotainment & Public Safety Crisis

Nurul Ashikin Ibrahim 2013490498

Definition

Digital = Electronic Technology that Generates, Stores, and Processes Data in Terms of Two States: Positive (1) and Non Positive (0) (Reference: whatis.techtarget.com/definition/digital)

Lifestyle = Typical Way of Life (Reference: Merriam-Webster, Inc)

Driving with Google Glass: Road hazard or a smooth ride?

DWT vs DUI

–distraction.gov

“Text messaging requires visual, manual, and cognitive attention from the driver, it is by far the most alarming distraction”

Government Enforcements

Government Initiatives

Online Information Providers

“April 2014 is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month”

Online Form Pledge

It used to be that most of the car-related public service announcements on TV focused on preventing drunk driving and getting people to buckle their seat belts, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched horrifying new ads combatting distracted drivers with the slogan "U Drive. U Text. U Pay."

Videos

• Das Auto: Eyes on The Road

• Texting While Driving Video : 18SG