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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11...utoff_in_cars/

US may disable all in-car mobile phones

Transportation boss: 'It will be done'

By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco
Posted in Mobile, 17th November 2010 22:46 GMT

The US government may require cars to include scrambling tech that would disable mobile-phone use by drivers, and perhaps passengers.

"I think it will be done," US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said on Wednesday morning, according to The Daily Caller. "I think the technology is there and I think you're going to see the technology become adaptable in automobiles to disable these cell phones."

LaHood is on a self-described "rampage" against distracted driving, and if making it impossible to use a mobile phone while in a car can save lives, he's all for it — although, according to TDC, LaHood also emphasized the role of "personal responsibility."

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