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Title: Apple agrees to senator’s request, will drop DUI apps
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NewYorkStateNews.net
URL Source: http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20110610-5.html
Published: Jun 10, 2011
Author: NewYorkStateNews.net
Post Date: 2011-06-10 15:37:41 by Flintlock
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Views: 134
Comments: 10
Apple agrees to senator’s request, will drop DUI apps WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced that, in response to his request, Apple Inc., manufacturer of iPhone smartphones, will ban from their online store new applications that help drunk drivers evade police. In March, Schumer, joined by Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Tom Udall (D-NM), sent a letter to smartphone manufacturers, including Apple, asking them to ban the dangerous applications or alter them to remove the DUI/DWI checkpoint functionality. Research in Motion, manufacturer of Blackberry smartphones, immediately complied with the request, but Apple and Google initially refused. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in May, Schumer again pressed Apple and Google to ban the apps, and Apple yesterday updated its App Store Review Guidelines, prohibiting the inclusion of DUI checkpoint information in iOS apps. “Apple has done the right thing in barring new DUI applications, but this victory will remain only half-won until the existing apps are removed from the store,” said Schumer. “This is about eliminating tools that people currently have to avoid drunk driving checkpoints, and leaving these dangerous apps online would be a major and dangerous loophole.” These applications help drivers identify where local police officers have set up DUI checkpoints, allowing offenders to escape detection. One application contains a database of DUI checkpoints updated in real-time. Another application, with more than 10 million users, also allows users to alert each other to DUI checkpoints in real time. The existing applications pinpoint police enforcement zones through user-submitted information that connects to GPS data, providing drivers with the ability to evade DUI checkpoints, speed traps, and red light cameras. The applications are free or inexpensive to download from application stores. Apple yesterday updated its App Store Review Guidelines, prohibiting the inclusion of DUI checkpoint information in iOS apps.
Poster Comment: Charles Schumer (D-NY) I hope every RAT voting scumbag gets pulled over and busted
Harry Reid (D-NV)
Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Tom Udall (D-NM)
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#1. To: Flintlock (#0)
You don't need an app for this, a web site can have the same data and all smart phones have access to web sites.
God is always good!
in CA, cities are required to disclose when they have a checkpoint. Thiis is not so drunks can avoid arrest, but for open servant govt. Also, maybe non drunks dont want to be subjected to commie style warrantless checkpoints.
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True. But having it integrated into your GPS-mapping iPhone makes it all so much more handy. Naturally, this will only prompt more people to jailbreak their iPhones and install the same functionality in non-AppStore programs. I don't see any such agreement from Google and the Android phones. Apple is too willing to play the statist game. I like Apple products, not their blatant statism.
They all have limos, paid for from the Obama "stash of cash".
All they have to do is claim that they're "on the clock" and they Do Not Go To Jail: __________________________________________________________ Which is fed by public sector unions and Jewish "activists", what a great scam! It's a shame middle America has principles, otherwise we could win this fight! :(
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
I'd think most people too drunk to drive are probably not going to bother checking any web site or iphone for checkpoints before they head home.
I think you are right about that. Drunk driving is not a minor offence in my opinion. Too many people get killed by these idiots only thinking of themselves. Those that plan to get drunk should make sure someone can drive them home or that they can't get access to a car if at home.
God is always good!
I'd rather take my chances against drunks than goons with guns and badges. Drunks don't call for backup.
#2. To: Flintlock (#0)
#3. To: RickyJ (#1)
You don't need an app for this, a web site can have the same data and all smart phones have access to web sites.
#4. To: Flintlock (#0)
I hope every RAT voting scumbag gets pulled over and busted
#5. To: Flintlock (#0)
I hope every RAT voting scumbag gets pulled over and busted
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#6. To: TooConservative (#4)
They all have limos, paid for from the Obama "stash of cash".
#7. To: Flintlock (#0)
#8. To: Pinguinite (#7)
I'd think most people too drunk to drive are probably not going to bother checking any web site or iphone for checkpoints before they head home.
#9. To: RickyJ (#8)
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#10. To: Critter (#9)
Any day!
I'd rather take my chances against drunks than goons with guns and badges. Drunks don't call for backup.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
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