iPhone has starting with iOS 11 a new function that allows drivers to prevent the display of messages, or phone calls, when they are driving and have their phone connected to the car via Bluetooth. The function is called Do Not Disturb while driving, it being thought to improve road safety, and an insurance company claims that it has a positive impact on drivers.
After analyzing the data sent by drivers after more than 1 billion kilometers traveled following the activation of this function, it seems that it reduced by 8% the time of using the phone behind the wheel. The percentage seems to be small, but in those seconds when you are paying attention to the road and not on your phone, you can avoid an accident, maybe even fatal, just because you have the opportunity to react to what is happening in traffic.
iPhone – the function with a positive impact on road safety
According to the information provided by the insurance company, drivers pay attention to the phone, on average, for 3 minutes in a 29-minute ride, so 11% of the time their attention is not on the road. If these 3 minutes spent on the phone are accumulated while waiting at the traffic lights, or in the column, then the problem is not big, but if the attention is taken on the move, then the consequences can be serious.
"Everquote found that 70% of people in its study kept the DND While Driving feature turned on after Apple released it last September. And between September 19 and October 25 last year, people with DND used their phones 8% less, according to the study. During those trips, people were using their phones for as much as 11% of the time, or about 3 minutes during a 29 minute drive on average, according to the Everdrive study."
No matter how many protection systems of this kind are implemented, it is practically impossible for a driver not to check his phone while on the road, especially if he is young and dependent on it. If we also talk about the use of navigation applications, then the time spent with your eyes on the phone instead of the road increases even more, and here the type of car matters a lot, some making the life of drivers easier with heads-up display systems .
