- U.S. officials are urging car manufacturers to limit the concentration of the driver on Facebook and Twitter through entertainment systems embedded in the car.
In the guidelines are not binding, the U.S. Department of Transportation has asked the automaker to stop allowing the use of social media sites and the Internet when the car is outstanding.
The ministry also urged automakers system design and positioning systems based on different screens so that the driver does not need to take your eyes off the road more than two seconds to select an application or a total of 12 seconds to complete a specific task, such as the e-mail address.
Minister of Transportation Ray LaHood said the U.S. approach as the approach used to persuade motorists not to use mobile phones while driving.
Speaking during the online conference, Mr. LaHood said: "We have achieved good progress in persuading drivers not to use their cell phones while behind the steering wheel. But the mobile phone is not the only cause that driver distraction. "
Automakers are not too concerned with these recommendations when they argue that limits the use of technology in the car will cause the driver to use the handset, this is more dangerous.
A spokeswoman for the Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers (AAM), said Gloria Bergquist of the data management of road traffic safety U.S. shows 98% of accidents are caused by distracted because of factors external use on vehicles equipped with the system.
The AAM guidelines for use of social media through the entertainment system while the car is running at low speed, while the government wants the website to be used only when the vehicle stopped or parked permanently again.
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