Textecution Explained

Textecution is an application developed for the T-Mobile G1 Google phone that restricts the user's ability to text message while driving. It is estimated that 46% of teens text message while driving, a potentially dangerous behavior.^[1]

How It Works

A GPS fix determines when the phone is traveling higher than 10 mph and Textecution shuts down the texting abilities. If a user is not driving, he or she can request permission to turn texting on. The parent can allow for the texting to be enabled in this case.^[2]

Reception

Textecution has been reviewed by publications including TechCrunch, Wired, Gizmodo, GSM Nation, KTEN, and AOL Finance.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

External links

• News: . Gov. signs texting while driving ban . 25 September 2008 . Nancy . Vogel . Michael . Rothfeld.
• News: Tech News World . Road Texting: An Accident Waiting to Happen . John P. Jr . Mello . 8 August 2007.
• Web site: Auto Accidents - Driving While Texting . Injury Board . Donald A. . Caminiti . 26 October 2008.

Notes and References

1. News: . AAA study: 46 percent of teens text while driving . Phil . Parker. 11 July 2007.
2. News: . Product tries to brake texting . 29 December 2008 . Business.
3. Web site: Textecution Hopes to Put an End to Texting While Driving. 22 December 2008 .
4. Textecution Stops Texting Above 10mph. Wired. Sorrel. Charlie.
5. Web site: Textecution Tries to Stop Your Kid from Texting While Driving. 23 December 2008 .
6. Web site: 5 Must-Have Apps for Parents of Teen Driver. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021190655/http://www.gsmnation.com/blog/2014/07/15/5-must-apps-parents-teen-drivers/. 2016-10-21.
7. Web site: Textecution--New App that Stops Texting while Driving.
8. Web site: Textecution puts an end to teen texting while driving. 15 July 2016 .