2003-Feed back to Transport Canada regarding Telematics induced Driver distraction:
(Critique ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS Guidelines)
2004 NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW
Automakers ,world wide, put little or no effort in locating controls and navigation/display screens. The most pervasive Telematic device, the cell phone, had again escaped their attention. For details, please contact us for a formal report. Prices for Site licenses and Quantity orders are negotiable.
No new technology was on display at the SAE. Motorola showed Driver advocate. Interestingly, the DriversAdvocate buttons on literature, moved from the center of the steering wheel hub to the edge of the hub, right at the 9:00 O'clock position.
2005 NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW
Automakers ,world wide, put GREAT effort in locating controls BUT not navigation/display screens. The most pervasive Telematic device, the cell phone, AND other Telematics/In Cabin controls showed a major improvement by locating them to the 9:03 position, $$ just as claimed by our granted and pending patent $$. We already began notifying companies of such discrepancies. So far, three European automakers and one Aftermarket Telematic vendor, where notified. More OEM will be notified through February after further investigations. Click here to see sample photos: