CEA Promotes Driver Safety
July 23, 2010 |
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By Carolyn Slater
Today, since dawn, there has been major activity, not to mention a hulking great truck, outside the normally serene and tree-shaded entrance to the CEA building. Located in Crystal City, VA, just across the bridge from Washington, DC, an area notoriously full of tourists this time of year, the CEA building and its activities were causing a considerable amount of distraction to passing pedestrians this morning but it was all in a good cause.
CEA staffer and spokesperson Steve Kidera braved the nearly 100 degree heat (and humidity) to broadcast live to TV stations across the nation on the timely subject of safe driving. Steve demonstrated an array of consumer electronics products that are designed to aid the driver and reduce or eliminate the need to take eyes and hands of the road and controls. A technology-equipped Ford Fiesta was on hand to provide additional eye-candy and allowed Steve to demonstrate safe driving tactics.
I caught up with Steve following his morning Satellite Media Tour to learn more about driver safety and how technology can help reduce distractions while on the road.
Our thanks to the following companies who loaned their products for this program:
- Ford (SYNC)
- DUAL (GPS Navigation and Battery Cradle)
- TomTom (XL 350TM)
- KLAT 7 (DriveNTalk)
- Plantronics (Discovery 975 Bluetooth Headset)
- Plantronics (Explorer 395 Bluetooth Headset)
- Plantronics (Voyager PRO Bluetooth Headset)
- BlueAnt (T1 Bluetooth Headset)
- BlueAnt (S4 Bluetooth Speakerphone)
- Zoomsafer
- Jensen (Touchscreen Multi-Media System with Voice Control)
- iSimple (Gateway)
- iSimple (WiFli)
- Audiovox (FLO TV)
- Amazon (Kindle)
- Apple (iPad)
- AudioVox (Wireless Vehicle Rear Observation System)
Photos courtesy of John Lindsey.
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