T-Mobile Wants You to Drive Smarter, Pay Them More

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bathtbgin

January 19, 2011 at 7:46pm

So let me get this straight, they want me to pay extra for the privilege of letting them turn off features on my phone when they think I am driving?  I think I'll save the $5 and continue to do what I normally do and ignore calls and text messages until after I am parked.  Cell phones  have this wonderful feature these days called voice mail, its all technical and new fangled but I hear it lets people know that you aren't available to take their call and even lets them tell you why they were calling in the first place. 

I think I'm going to have to get the android and iphone SDK's because it is now clear to me that if you make an app some moron will pay money for it.

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Ceadderman

January 19, 2011 at 6:43pm

Charge more for something that you should already be doing?

When I got a bluetooth capable phone I spent $80 more for an earwig. I rarely drive without it in the ear. One of the reasons is my state has strict Cell phone laws. You get a call you pull over. Though I have family members that text while driving which to me is the real issue. Before leaving it's not hard to set up an "on the road..." autotext. I'd rather tick a few people off(I don't text anyway) and stay safe than make everybody happy and either end up dead or worse, taking someone else out because I looked down at the wrong time.

If you're already spending the money on the gear, that $5 service charge is going to add up for something you're already supposed to be doing. Quit bein lazy about it and remember the life you save could be your own.

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Asterixx

January 19, 2011 at 3:02pm

So if it uses GPS and all that stuff, how does it know you're a driver and not a passenger (or even on a bus)?

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someuid

January 19, 2011 at 4:39pm

Sounds like a perfect reason to skip the $5 monthly charge (wtf for? is the best t-mobile's MBAs can think up?), go with the free version, and maintain control.

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