Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 16 - Creepy 1984 Teenage Distracted Driving Monitor

[nayjevin]

The inventioneers are going to take their product to the transportation safety administration for potential deployment in public service vehicles.... and beyond.

The product is a lighted steering wheel that records 'unsafe' hand positioning and reports back to parents.

Don't stray from 10 & 2 or Nannystate gets a report!

http://agelab.mit.edu/inventioneers-smartwheel-gains-national-attention


A team of children from Londonberry, N.H., the Inventioneers visited AgeLab to run experiments on their invention in the driving simulator, Miss Daisy, where 90% of participants found the SMARTwheel to be effective in fighting distracted driving. They recently participated in the White House Science Fair where President Obama was introduced to their device, the SMARTwheel. It also received a thumbs-up from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

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Anybody see this? If I was a shark I'd pay these kids to shelf it.

[tod evans]

What do kids today do with manual transmissions?

How many have driven a vehicle with power nothing?

Who under 30 even knows what 3 on the tree is?

[phill4paul]

I saw this one. 3 of the five sharks didn't see the value in producing it but two thought it could be licensed as an option when buying a car. Personally, I think it should remain between a parent and their kids. There is too much computer monitoring of everything in vehicles these days. I think we all know the black box is on the way.

[pcosmar]

Seems to be just another distraction to me.

[PaulConventionWV]

What do kids today do with manual transmissions?

How many have driven a vehicle with power nothing?

Who under 30 even knows what 3 on the tree is?

I do not know what that is, but I drove a Ford Escape when the power steering went out. Does that count?

[tod evans]

I do not know what that is, but I drove a Ford Escape when the power steering went out. Does that count?

Not the same thing....:o

The difference between a modern day rack and pinion set up and an old Saginaw box is night and day, even without power assist..

[MelissaWV]

Not the same thing....:o

The difference between a modern day rack and pinion set up and an old Saginaw box is night and day, even without power assist..

It is, but do not underestimate the instantaneous life lessons you get when your power steering goes out randomly while driving WV roads :p

[QuickZ06]

What do kids today do with manual transmissions?

How many have driven a vehicle with power nothing?

Who under 30 even knows what 3 on the tree is?

Pick me, pick me!!!!

[acptulsa]

Seems to be just another distraction to me.

This.

I've got to stop paying attention to traffic for a moment and make sure I'm not doing what feels right and comfortable to me, but what the nannies (recommend? insist on? demand?) I do with my hands.

And what about manual transmissions? My parents insisted the first car I drove have a stick because they wanted me to know what the hell was going on and why. And that does make a difference, because I'm smarter than an automatic transmission (we all are) and sometimes I need to help it make decisions. Show me someone who keeps his hand on the two o'clock position while he's shifting gears and I'll show you someone who's letting his passenger shift for him (I know this because both his feet are kind of busy at that moment).

[ghengis86]

What do kids today do with manual transmissions?

How many have driven a vehicle with power nothing?

Who under 30 even knows what 3 on the tree is?

I always thought driver's education courses should teach manual transmission use; never know when you're only option for auto travel has three pedals (especially of traveling abroad).

Re the invention: screw that. I bet my kids could drive better with their knees than most people with their hands.

[tod evans]

It is, but do not underestimate the instantaneous life lessons you get when your power steering goes out randomly while driving WV roads :p

I've had those life lessons only in the Ozarks.....:eek:

[ghengis86]

This.

I've got to stop paying attention to traffic for a moment and make sure I'm not doing what feels right and comfortable to me, but what the nannies (recommend? insist on? demand?) I do with my hands.

And what about manual transmissions? My parents insisted the first car I drove have a stick because they wanted me to know what the hell was going on and why. And that does make a difference, because I'm smarter than an automatic transmission (we all are) and sometimes I need to help it make decisions. Show me someone who keeps his hand on the two o'clock position while he's shifting gears and I'll show you someone who's letting his passenger shift for him (I know this because both his feet are kind of busy at that moment).

I had a girlfriend once who liked to shift for me when we took my truck. Kinda turned me on...

[ghengis86]

I've had those life lessons only in the Ozarks.....:eek:

Mine was on the farm. Best place to learn a lot of things

[tod evans]

Mine was on the farm. Best place to learn a lot of things

Try driving a '56 that's all original (power nothing) on secondary Ozark roads pulling a #15k trailer....

(I still do this on occasion)

[Danan]

What do kids today do with manual transmissions?

How many have driven a vehicle with power nothing?

Who under 30 even knows what 3 on the tree is?

I don't know a single person driving a car with automatic transmission. In fact I believe I've never been inside of one. I wouldn't even now how to drive such a thing.

Are there really so many of them in the US?

[ghengis86]

I don't know a single person driving a car with automatic transmission. In fact I believe I've never been inside of one. I wouldn't even now how to drive such a thing.

Are there really so many of them in the US?

Yes, and get this; some people order high performance cars with automatic transmissions, on purpose!!

[tod evans]

I don't know a single person driving a car with automatic transmission. In fact I believe I've never been inside of one. I wouldn't even now how to drive such a thing.

Are there really so many of them in the US?

I'd estimate that less than 20% of new drivers will ever have occasion to drive a standard transmission unless the actively seek one out...

Heck even tractors and some semi trucks have automatics now...

[Danan]

Yes, and get this; some people order high performance cars with automatic transmissions, on purpose!!

:eek:
You'd be ridiculed for not being able to shift gears properly where I live!

[tod evans]

:eek:
You'd be ridiculed for not being able to shift gears properly where I live!

As well you should!

[AGRP]

Genius. Now accident rates will increase because kids will use their face and feet to do things.

[MelissaWV]

I cannot seem to access the article, but if part of the point is for you to keep your hands at 10 and 2, their device is already not only obsolete but dangerous.


For more than a year at the San Jose, Calif., Police Department, the recommended hold has been 9-3. The American Automobile Association also prefers 9-3. For the California Highway Patrol, the position can be as low as 8-4. "My daughter came back from driving class and said they were teaching her to hold the wheel at 10-2," said Robert Sepulveda, a San Jose officer who has trained new cops in proper driving techniques. "I told her that's not what we teach . . . that 10-2 is inappropriate."

The 10-2 position is the traditional favorite because, in theory, a higher grip allows a driver to keep the car running smoothly without needing to jerk the wheel suddenly if he is cut off or there is a hazard in the road. But air bags are changing that equation. During a collision, the bag will explode out at more than 100 mph, protecting the driver's head and chest from slamming into the front of the vehicle. With the hands at 10-2 or higher on the wheel, a driver's arms can get walloped or thrown back into his face if an air bag deploys.

[SpreadOfLiberty]

Shark Tank is a great show.

[nayjevin]

This.

I've got to stop paying attention to traffic for a moment and make sure I'm not doing what feels right and comfortable to me, but what the nannies (recommend? insist on? demand?) I do with my hands.

That's the point, to me.

Someone is going to come up with the perfect formula for where body parts should be and teach it to a computer that will keep human in line? Yeah right! It won't even work.

I often wonder how many accidents occur from looking down at the speedometer, worried about getting a ticket.

[ghengis86]

Shark Tank is a great show.

It is wonderful for the entrapaneurs. Gives them an idea of what they'll face when raising capital; margins, sales history, cost per customer, etc. One girl got crucified for not having solid numbers or any grasp of the economics behind her idea; one guy even told her the one goid thing about her time on tge show is that she will forever be the example of how not having good financial aptitude will keep any good idea from taking off.
and it's pretty funny too; lots of egos duking it out.

[V3n]

I didn't like it for personal use, but when they mentioned commercial, that didn't bother me. I had an hour commute once that I used to take by bus. It wouldn't bother me at all if the bus driver had this and it reported back to their boss.

Just image search google: bus driver texting