Drinking and driving don’t mix; driving and texting, not so smart, driving while accessing DUI check point Apps ridiculous. Although there is the ability for companies to create such an App, why would they??? Sometimes moral responsibility must be the priority! Read on...
A group of senators unintentionally sent sales through the roof for the maker of a smartphone app that alerts drivers to DUI checkpoints, after they called on Apple and other manufacturers to ban the product. Joe Scott, CEO of PhantomALERT, told FoxNews.com on Wednesday that downloads are up by 5,000 percent and sales are up by 3,000 percent. All due to the fact that four senators voiced concern about the product being a guide to avoid law enforcement, prompting a surge of media coverage.
Makers of the application have a difference of opinion, here are their comments, “Our obvious and strong hope is that we would not encourage people to drive drunk," Tenereillo said, describing Trapster as a "deterrent." He noted the application gives users a prompt to "find a taxi" if such a checkpoint pops up. "If (the senators) actually found out what PhantomALERT is all about and how we help drivers they'd actually support us," he said. "It's just a knee-jerk reaction. ... We help drivers avoid traffic tickets by helping them obey traffic laws."
So what are they saying, if someone sees a checkpoint then they will decide to call a cab or obey laws, here is where I must say this App is unnecessary and ridiculous!! Let good judgment and moral responsibility prevail.
The senators called on Apple, Google and Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) to ban applications that alert users to drunk-driving checkpoints, or at least remove that function from them. RIM has complied.
Shown here are screens showing the Trapster application, left, and PhantomALERT, right.
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