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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoHow would they even know you are the driver and not a passenger?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-24 months agoI don’t know, but mine guesses correctly when I’m a passenger about 90% of the time. Unlike the other commenter, mine doesn’t have a bluetooth connection to my car or a device in my car. Once in a while I have to tell it I’m not driving.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoMy car can detect if there’s someone in the passenger seat, and sends an alert if they didn’t fasten their seat belt.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoSure but what about the smartphone in your pocket?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoAh, I didn’t understand how the app worked. Thanks!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoThere’s an app installed on your phone and a separate bluetooth device you keep in your car. By default, it assumes you’re the driver of your car, but you can use the app to claim someone else was driving your car during a particular trip. If you’re in someone else’s car, the app assumes you’re not driving because the bluetooth device in your car isn’t nearby.
How would they even know you are the driver and not a passenger?
I don’t know, but mine guesses correctly when I’m a passenger about 90% of the time. Unlike the other commenter, mine doesn’t have a bluetooth connection to my car or a device in my car.
Once in a while I have to tell it I’m not driving.
My car can detect if there’s someone in the passenger seat, and sends an alert if they didn’t fasten their seat belt.
Sure but what about the smartphone in your pocket?
Ah, I didn’t understand how the app worked. Thanks!
There’s an app installed on your phone and a separate bluetooth device you keep in your car.
By default, it assumes you’re the driver of your car, but you can use the app to claim someone else was driving your car during a particular trip.
If you’re in someone else’s car, the app assumes you’re not driving because the bluetooth device in your car isn’t nearby.