Elsie Wausi has been caught three
times by traffic police either texting or talking on her phone.
Each has been a different
experience that she never wants to go through again. It included either parting
with money and wasting productive hours at the crowded courts. For her the
hefty price saw her quickly adapt new habits, especially when on the road.
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| Using a mobile phone while driving has been shown to have a number of detrimental effects on driving behaviour |
She no longer drives without
her LG Tone Infinim headset, which allows her to connect to her LG smartphone
when on the road, using Bluetooth. The headset allows Ms Wausi
to operate her smartphone hands free including sending and receiving calls as
well as dictating messages. “I do have to say this has simplified my life, and
it connects efficiently to my devices and boasts high quality sound,” she said.
A report by the World Health Organisation
on the growing problem of diver distraction by Mobile Phones Use stated the
using of hands-free phone devices while driving has slowly lead to reduced
visual monitoring of the car and general traffic situation thus reducing the
probability of causing an accident.
“Using a mobile phone while
driving has been shown to have a number of detrimental effects on driving
behaviour. Drivers are not only physically distracted by phoning and driving
simultaneously, but they are also cognitively distracted by having to divide
their attention between the conversation they are involved in and tasks
relating to driving,” the report says.
The report advocates for the
use of hands free devices and governments putting in place policies to reduce
road carnage due to distraction caused by being on the phone.
For Ms Wausi the hands free
headset has allowed the business woman, who runs her cake business out of her home
kitchen and delivers to clients, to get a lot of work done, with ease, as she
sits in traffic.
She no longer limits the use
of her headset to the car and can be found carrying on a conversation
comfortably as she pours cake mix into a baking tin. With the handset in place
she is able to continue working as she talks to her clients taking orders which
she later dictates to her message board.
Today people are more
interconnected than ever before and technology is at the forefront of this. The
market offers a wide range of connectivity devices allowing for intelligent
devices to ‘talk’ to each other. This is quickly changing people’s day-to-day
lives allowing them to save on time, energy and to an extent how they consume
the different available products.
Wearable technology is also
gaining popularity with people embracing the devices to better ease their
lives. One such technology is the Android
Wear smart watches. The Samsung Galaxy Gear, Sony and LG’s G Watch are some of
the recent accessories which allow one to pair, seamlessly, with other android
devices.
These accessories run on the
same technology but boast different features including overall design and
memory. The LG G Watch device runs on any android device running on 4.3 or
greater, while the Samsung Galaxy Gear pairs with Samsung device through NFC
and Bluetooth.
These devices make it easier
to sync with a wide range of products ranging from smartphones to tablets in
the market easing the customers’ lives.They use voice command and
give users more options to interact with their devices, helping users to stay
connected always.
