That capability is indeed possible, however, most Officers resort to using a handheld microphone to communicate verbal requests with central dispatch, and receive data via secure terminal touch screen.
I'll bet they do - anyone driving at 70-80mph in city limits who used text when he could use a microphone would need to have a death wish. Even keeping a hand off the steering wheel to operate the microphone would be asking for an urgent appointment with the grim reaper.
I dropped the microphone many times whilst driving as driving ranked first place, communications ranked second place.
One little known factoid, on 9/11/01, most communications capabilities resided in Tower # 2 of the W.T.C. and all communications was temporarily reduced to the stone-age for some time, so we broke out the Ham radio gear and other emergency bits to take up the slack.
In the rescue effort and subsequent recovery effort and lost many comrades along the way. B.B.C footage. It was indeed a very sad time.
In the dark days that followed 9/11, we tried to make something of it all, the loss of so many stout comrades at Arms, then finally a new day dawned and dispelled the dark clouds that had overshadowed the land. It is over now, and we that are left will try to rebuild with what is left and hope the future keeps the memory alive of those many noble sacrifices. Requiescat in pace
How about require phone manufacturers to disable the phone, except for 911 calls, if the phone is moving in excess of 15 mph on a roadway. All passengers included.
It was bad enough just to watch it from thousands of miles away on a tv; I can't conceive of what it was like to actually be right in the thick of it. RIP all who perished, the unsuspecting victims and especially the emergency services who tried to save them.
If one is a mute. Seriously, I've seen people talking on their phones, actually come to a complete stop in the middle of turning at a major intersection to finish whatever conversation they were having. They think they're in their living rooms rooms, I swear. It's absolutely nuts.
I don't want to believe it but I do! What puzzles me is the weird need to 'communicate' instantly. I was in my surgery's waiting room for an appointment for a 'flu jab last week, and in the interim between sitting down and being called by the nurse, I reckon about 20 other patients arrived - and without exception, the moment they sat down, out came the mobile phones as if they'd been waiting for a text from a Lotto company to confirm they'd won the jackpot. 'There's nowt s'queer as fork', as they say oop north. I think I'm the only person on planet Earth who doesn't have a smartphone!!
Cor ! No smart phone ? I started with an Estupid phone, And upgraded bit by bit as new phones came out, leaving a long trail of plastic phone husks a mile long....
I've got the most basic PAYG which I bought for £16 from Tesco 2 or 3 years back, just in case I broke down on the road (and even then I forgot to take it with me most of the time before setting off ); but the car I've just bought has what they call connected drive (it's an in-built button you press which alerts the nearest dealership), so I don't need the phone at all now. (anyone wanna buy a mobile phone? lol) I'll hang on to it though, as a back-up in case my land-line conks out any time. Trouble is that I have to remember to make a call every 3 months otherwise they cancel the number. Actually it reminds me of when I had the previous one, and I tried to top it up in Sainsbury's. The checkout girl couldn't make it work to register the top-up, and to cut a long story short - it was because I hadn't used it for about 5 months, so they'd cancelled the number. She couldn't believe that I hadn't made a call for so long.
You would lock up a mother for 20 years because she was in an accident while distracted by her unruly children?
They have a version called On-Star here, it does all sorts of services related to the Auto, it is really a dedicated cellular system. I make lots of calls and have two cell phones. In case the first has a dead battery or other issue. I miss the old feature of easy to swap batteries. D Some tech decided "WE" did not need such a feature. Example, you get a 15 % warning, and you insert another fresh 100 % battery and go on talking. Another feature of a snarker Industry ? Non standard phone batteries, so you have to buy a particular battery good for only one model. I would rather a Universal or standard cheap battery available at any shop, fully charged too. Remember your standard beeper ? It used a cheap AA cell, and at one point, you could purchase a new beeper and 3 months of service, for less than a good meal at a restaurant.
