Uh-oh,I was hoping it wasnt the truck this time.

http://www.fox4news.com/story/25405...jamming-drivers-cell-phones-on-the-interstate.

 

Ya that guy with the radio signal jamming device is the type of driver who likes to get in the hammer lane and go 5 mph under the speed limit. He's nothing but a rude and arrogant control freak.

 

Maybe if theres a signal jammer with limited range like 4 or 5 ft that can be installed in vehicles and only function when the vehicle is on,that will solve the problem.

 

I'm sure they will start to put something like that in all CMVs sooner or later. But I'm sure the big cell phone companies will be out in force lobbying against it. They make a lot of money off of people using cell phone's when their driving.

 

You can't implement anything like this. No way to know when a phone is being handled by the driver or a passenger. Besides, even if there was a safety measure that prevented a message being read as long as the phone was "moving", they would find a way to hack around the safety feature.

Lot's of trucks have teams in them. Not fair to kill the off-time of the off duty driver not being able to surf or text until the truck is at a truck stop for fuel for that very limited time.

 

Im not that tech savvy but i think every phone have a unique IP address(like a computer).im sure they can invent something that only locks one phone at a time.when u apply for a job u provide the trucking company with the ip they programmed into the device and link to your eld,the minute u log yourself on duty driving u loose ur connectivity.man i think i got a business idea

 

You get a unique ip address but it changes quite often as you jump towers or lose signal and regain it.

 

So how different towers will be able to identify the same phone as it moves?

 

The IPs transfers between different regions under control of several different towers but once it gets to the edge of that region it drops off and reconnects.
Most won't ever even notice because 1 it happens pretty dang quick. 2 regions are pretty dang big.

 

He's referring to the phone's Unique chip ID