A new “textalyzer” device will check if you used the phone while driving.

Scattering attention while driving is no less dangerous than drunk driving. The bill proposed in New York proposes to solve this problem with the help of a textalyzer device, which will allow the police to test the phone at the scene of the incident, while maintaining the confidentiality of data stored on the driver's gadget.



The bill provides for field trials of a device that will verify the use of mobile phones or portable electronic gadgets while driving. After the driver has had an accident, he will have to submit his phone for testing or the driving license will be automatically suspended, reports arstechnica .



The bill is heavily lobbied by the association of Distracted Operators Risk Casualties (DORCs). Ben Lieberman, his co-founder, in 2011, lost his son through the fault of an inattentive driver, and the proposed law was named “Evan’s Law” in memory of 19-year-old Evan Lieberman.



It is unclear how this technology will work. Some smartphone usage data can be retrieved from the buffer, but it’s almost impossible to imagine a solution that will work with every mobile phone or software version.

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Israeli firm Cellebrite, which, according to rumors, took part in unlocking the iPhone arrow from San Bernardino, claims that they have already developed a device that is able to scan the call log and contacts.



If we assume that the technology works, which is a very big assumption, the proposed bill is actually not so bad. Currently, a driver who is suspected of being distracted behind the wheel is under strong pressure and provides a telephone to prove his innocence, giving the policeman full access to everything that is on it. The new system will transfer these duties to the police to a biased device, which already looks better (in theory).



According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nine people die every day in the United States and more than 1,153 are injured due to scattering of driver attention.