Dear DOT: Let Innovators Innovate As part of the administration’s recently introduced transportation bill in the House, the Department of Transportation (DOT) offered language proposing that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) should have the authority to regulate apps … Continue reading →

INTELLIGENT CAR COALITION WELCOMES GEOTOLL AND LIFESAVER AS NEWEST MEMBERS WASHINGTON – Today, the Intelligent Car Coalition proudly announced that LifeSaver mobile application and GeoToll have become its two newest members. The Intelligent Car Coalition is a group of technology … Continue reading →

The LifeSaver App: Keep Your Loved Ones Safe in the Car The National Safety Council (NSC) estimates that 21 percent of crashes, or 1.2 million crashes, in 2012 involved talking on handheld or hands-free cell phones. Today’s technology has made it possible … Continue reading →

Are You Digitally Addicted: The “CAGED” Criteria I saw a patient recently who I suspected had issues with alcohol abuse.  A standard questionnaire we learned from medical training to identify alcohol addiction is known as the CAGE Criteria where “CAGE” is an … Continue reading →

LifeSaver Mobile App Blocks Teenagers From Using Their Cellphone While Driving Realizing their teenage sons soon would be taking to the roads as new drivers, Ted Chen and Mike Demele of San Francisco took a “leap of faith” to help … Continue reading →

LifeSaver Targets Zuckerberg Every innovative app needs a prominent poster child, so when LifeSaver was thinking about who to nominate, they chose none other than Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Why? Because he was caught texting and driving last month. So, … Continue reading →