Apple sued for not blocking Facetime while driving

That you can't use a mobile device like an iPhone while driving is something everyone knows. However, it is common to see how many people are using their iPhone, their GPS, any electronic device in general while they are behind the wheel. We do not need to be reminded by the DGT (Spanish road control body) so that we know the danger involved in taking our eyes off the road to interact with our iPhone while driving.

Yes, there are many applications that "block" if they detect that we are driving, something that happens for example with GPS applications which frequently block our writing if we are driving. But of course, that certain parts are blocked does not mean that we cannot interact with the app. And that is where a family involved in an accident in the United States, which are the manufacturers themselves, in this case Apple, who blocks the use of applications while driving, specifically the Facetime app ... Who thinks to make a video call via Facetime while driving?

Well, this is something that happened, it is not the only time, far from it, on December 24, 2014. James and Bethany Modisette with their 5-year-old daughter were driving in a traffic jam in Dallas. Due to traffic the car behind got off track and ended up colliding with them. James ended up at the hospitaHe and the 5-year-old girl died due to serious injuries.

The worst is the occupant of the car that caused the accident acknowledged having been using Facetime, and the emergency services declared that the use of the iPhone caused the confusion and the fatal accident. It is because of that The family has sued Apple to block the use of iPhones while driving. This will probably come to nothing, but it is something that It can make us think about the responsibility that technology companies may have in these circumstances...