TEXTALYZ Don’t text and drive

Just drive.

Batobalani Camarillo Ebeo Frugalidad Magbanua

 What is the
emerging
ethical dilemma
about?
 A textalyzer is a proposed device that would
act as a breathalyzer for text messaging.
The device has been promoted as a means
of reducing distracted driving. The device
would be used by police officers who
suspect that a driver has been texting while
driving using similar procedures currently in
place for drivers suspected of driving under
the influence. The device would be
connected to the driver's mobile phone and
would scan the phone for calls, e-mails, or
text messages sent when the driver would
have been operating the vehicle.

Source: https://www.syracuse.com/living/2017/07/post_58.html
What factors or
events led to
this dilemma?
1. Encourage the robust testing of new
technologies to aid with eliminating distracted
driving

2. The national safety councils data indicates

that 1.6 mikkion crashes occur each year
because of cellphone using while driving

3. Texting while driving causes severe

injuries and is the leading cause of death
 The stakeholders on the call stressed that
the law enabling use of innovations like the
Textalyzer would enable police to only
access actions that had taken place on a
What are the phone immediately before a crash, not the
content on the device. In other words,
societal officers could use it to learn that a driver had
used his or her hands to send a text or read
implications of an email, but they could not see what that
text or email said.
this dilemma?
The textalyzer is going to be a game-
changer when it comes to handheld devices
and potentially even in-vehicle systems

Source: https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Textalyzer-Prototype-Could-Make-Texting-While-Driving-Easier-to-Enforce.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/textalyzer-may-bust-distracted-drivers-what-cost-privacy-n787136
It is important to question the moral and ethical issues
surrounding innovations in Science and Technology so that
Why is it important
people will be able to understand the pros and cons of
scientific advancements. People would be able to know how to
to question the
use the devices, how it would help the society and to know the
moral and ethical
reason/s why they are invented or developed. Introducing new
devices will make life easier and it will improve human
conditions. issues surrounding
innovations in S
and T?
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Distracted driving is becoming increasingly dilemma of our

society and because of textalyzer (a product of technology)
it's very easy to identify if using cellphones while driving is
In the face of this
really the cause of accident. Studies of technology and
science is really important because it gives insight into the
dilemma, why is
understanding and knowledge of technology, science and
knowledge from the viewpoint of the humanities and the
it important to
social sciences.

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