People using cellphones while driving has become an enormous problem, so laws restricting phone use keep getting tougher. This device provides a way to block unsafe phone use in a car, while still allowing authorized methods of communication.

The Scosche CellCONTROL plugs into the car’s OBD-II port, (found on all 1996 or newer cars,) and uses Bluetooth to prevent phone use including Internet, phone calls, and texts both incoming and outgoing. It’s clever enough to know when the car is in motion, allowing phone use when the vehicle is stationary, and it even knows if you plug in a hands free headset so it can unblock the phone.

Scosche sees the CellCONTROL primarily as a tool for the parents of young drivers, who might otherwise be tempted to read texts as they chime in. Any attempt to disable or simply unplug the box will result in an alert being sent to the designated administrator (i.e. Mom or Dad,) so the kid’s stroke of genius to simply unplug the box won’t work..

Scosche says the device works with over 1,200 types of phone including Android, BlackBerry and Windows 7. That means every kid who wants a car will also be asking for an iPhone, which doesn’t appear to be covered.

The Scosche CellCONTROL is available now for about $130.

via :dvice

That’s right. It looks like this whole texting thing is getting out of hand. OMG and LOL has been inducted into the dictionary, eventhough OMG have been around since around 1914. LOL used to stand for “little old lady”. It never made the cut until this year, except it means something else now, all because of texting. Can you believe that some teenagers go to sleep with their cellphones tucked under their pillow? They just want to see if you’re awake. WTF! From what I have read, the teens in Boston are really into the texting craze. They say that they just don’t feel that they are connected if they are not texting 24-7, LOL. Why is it so important to find out (on a second by second basis) who broke up with who? I kid you not this stuff is happening. Just today I saw a guy step off the curb with his face down, texting, and a car pulled out and almost hit him. The “on call” senario is the semi-sleep that teens are getting in trade for “being in the know”. It’s very fast communications I agree and I think that businesses should take notice and do something similar (but safe). A research study revealed that a teen needs to answer a text not out of excitment, but out of fear from having the sending being very angry because the text was not acknowledged. Crazy! The teens feel that when texting they are nor alone. So, why don’t we combine facebook with texting? Bingo! Teens don’t like the idea of actually standing next to someone and talking to them. To the teen, that’s too much drama. Not facing reality is one of the side effects of excessive drugs. Texting is not a drug, is it? well?? is it?