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Protocol Standardization
ADVANCED MOBILE SAFETY SOLUTIONS
RECENT MEDIA
The following articles have appeared in various media outlets across the globe. The purpose of showing these articles is to clearly demonstrate the constant repeated problems our wireless technologies have created and the dire need to remedy them. Each article offers independent evidentiary support for a solution within a specified environment. Collectively, we believe it is obvious the best course of action is to standardize within the wireless industry a universal protocol “SAFETY VALVE” to eliminate these problems. The comprehensive solution calls for the standardization of TSF PROTOCOLS.
Driving
U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving
When Texting Kills, Britain Offers Path to Prison
Texting while driving ‘more dangerous than drugs or alcohol’
Promoting the Car Phone, Despite Risks
Adults Text While Driving Too! – Pew Research Center
The Risks of Texting While Driving – Multitaskers Beware – Oprah.com
Doubts About Scare Tactics on Drivers Who Text
Why Texting While Driving is So Dangerous – University of Utah
Drivers and Legislators Dismiss Cellphone Risks
At 60 M.P.H., Office Work Is High Risk
The Truth About Cars and Cellphones
Texting while driving ‘more dangerous than drugs or alcohol’
Texting While Driving Common Among Adults, Says Study
Texting While Driving Study Shows Teens Not The Worst Culprits
Utah Gets Tough With Texting Drivers
Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Dashboard
Texting Raises Crash Risk 23 Times, Study Finds
Texting while driving is more dangerous than drink-driving
Texting While Driving: How Dangerous is it?
Study: Teens don’t think texting while driving is as dangerous as DUI
Texting and Driving Is Growing American Killer, Study Reports
Prison
Outlawed, Cellphones Are Thriving in Prisons
Smuggled mobile phones may be the most dangerous weapons a prison inmate can have
Smartphones: Contraband communication on steroids
CA prison guards confiscated 11,000 contraband cell phones last year
Charles Manson caught with second smuggled mobile phone
Jailed terrorist free to groom more terrorists with mobile phone
Security inspection ignites Roumieh prison violence
Inmate gets 7 years for scheme to smuggle cell phones into Newark prison
Cell phone jammers being installed in Arab prisons
Facebook deletes prisoner pages, where inmates conduct criminal activity
Bloods gang leader runs operation from prison via smuggled cell phone
Prison officials target cellphones
Inmate runs multi-million dollar credit card scam
Prison guard charged with smuggling drugs and cell phones into prison
Smuggling cell phones into New Zealand’s maximum-security prison is easy
Surkhet Jail inmates managed escape using smuggled cell phones
Extremists in Indonesian jails can get mobile phones to contact peers and coordinate attacks
Denied parole because of smuggled cellphone
DC corrections officer pleads guilty to smuggling cell phones
Asia’s largest prison requires 80 jammers, yet is equipped with only nine
Jakarta Post reports serious problems with smuggled cell phones
Costa Rica prison police seize cell phones during prison raid
School
Cell phones come between teens and their studies
Push to prohibit school cell phone use
Cell phones undermine the ability of schools to establish a safe and orderly learning environment
Experiment to use cell phones in high school
High School student files complaint over cell phone use in bathrooms
Guilty conscience not enough to dissuade college students from texting during class
Cell phones: a world of woes for principals
New policy permits cell phone use during lunch
National School Safety and Security Services opposes cell phones in schools
The case against cell phones in schools
Cell phones are everywhere except classrooms
Professors Would Be Shocked at the Number of Texts Sent During Class
Students Fined For Using Cell Phones
Schools struggle with cell phone policies
Back to school, cell phone or no
Student behavior at struggling schools
Texting during class – everyone does it
Who’s That Texting Your Kids in Class 66% of the Time? Parents
students may possess cell phones during the school day, but they must be concealed and turned off
Student cell phone usage discussed by School Board
Mobile Phone Use in School: Problems & Solutions
10 Disadvantages to Allowing Kids to Have Cell Phones in Schools
Students are addicted to their cell phones
Flight
Study: In-flight cell phone use may cause serious problems
Komo News by Lindsay Chen 6-09-2011
“A new study is sounding the alarm when it comes to the link between cell phones and plane interference. ”
Confidential Report (with Video)- Is It Really Safe to Use a Cellphone on a Plane?
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer & Brian Ross 6-09-2011
“you probably have serious doubts about those pre-flight announcements asking you to turn off your cellphones, blackberries, iPods and anything else electronic. The announcements are flat-out ignored by many frequent fliers. But a confidential industry study obtained by ABC News indicates there really could be serious safety issues related to cellphones and other PEDs.”
Boeing Website: Interference from electronic devices
“Operators of commercial airplanes have reported numerous cases of portable electronic devices affecting airplane systems during flight.”
Court
Judiciary grapples with problem of cell phones in court
The Providence Journal by Sandor Bodo 5-02-2011
“a safety concern that bedevils courts throughout the nation, cell phones were used to photograph defendants, a prosecutor and Krause himself. What concerns me are the photographs of jurors, and potential witness intimidation,” Superior Court Judge Robert D. Krause said. It’s a dilemma faced by courts throughout the country.”
Web enabled phones sowing mistrials in court rooms
The New York Times by JOHN SCHWARTZ 3-17-2009
“But when the judge questioned the rest of the jury, he got an even bigger shock. Eight other jurors had been doing the same thing. The federal judge, William J. Zloch, had no choice but to declare a mistrial, a waste of eight weeks of work by federal prosecutors and defense lawyers.”
Cellphones to be prohibited in courtrooms
Marshall News by Robin Y. Richardson 2-27-2011
“But while cell phones may rule many aspects of daily life, the technological devices seldom have their way in the courtroom. Many courts have cracked down on the use of cell phones by prohibiting jurors from possessing them during deliberation.”
Security
This protocol is specifically designed for government buildings such as Y 12 (house uranium secrets) and others where cell phones are strictly forbidden at all times.
Hospital
Why am I not allowed to use my cell phone in airplanes or hospitals?
How Stuff Works – Tech
“Many hospitals have installed wireless networks for equipment networking. The black antenna sticking out of the top of the monitor connects it back to the nursing station via a wireless network. If you use your cell phone and it creates interference, it can disrupt the transmissions between different pieces of equipment.”
Hospitals Nationwide Combat Employee Camera-Phone Abuse
Wired by Randy Dotinga 6-1-07
“I think all hospitals in the United States are going to have to deal with (camera-phone use), said Suellyn Ellerbe, chief executive officer of Tri-City Medical Center. In response to the problems, hospital administrators have banned staff from using cell phones in clinical areas, and all cell phones are forbidden in the convalescent unit.”
Church
In a World of Disruption
Charisma 3-01-2011
“Recently when my wife, Kathleen, and I attended a wedding, a member of the audience refused to take off his wireless Bluetooth earpiece. I wondered what phone call could be so important that he couldn’t even take off his earpiece for the bride’s entrance.”
People Flaunt The Royal Wedding Cell Phone Ban
The Atlantic Wire by Ray Gustini 4-29-2011
When the British Royal Family took the step of installing “signal-blocking technology” in Westminster Abbey this week, TV networks supported the decision, because they wanted to avoid what The Daily Mail called “unfortunate sightings of guests on their phones.” So far it doesn’t seem to be working.
Turn the other ear – Cell Phones in Worship
The Washington Post – Thomas Grant 1-05-2009
“I am a parishioner at a Catholic Church in Rockville, Md. But there is one problem that occurs at almost every one of his Masses – a cell phone goes off in the middle of the service.”
Theatre
Movie theatre etiquette for the modern day audience
ScreenRant by Paul Young
“Cell phone interruptions has become such a problem in theaters that the original Please refrain from talking during the movie slides that used to be shown before a film have now been replaced with “Please silence your cell phone.”
In-theater texting and cell-phone ringing: A modest proposal
IBJ – by Lou Harry’s A&E 6-1-2011
“Unfortunately, reports of cell phone ringing in theaters continues. And texting continues to be a source of frustration for those of us who actually want to focus on what’s happening on stage. My question: Will anything work?”
Cell Phones in Movie Theaters
Cell-Phone-Plans.net
“The National Association of Theater Operators requested permission from Congress to allow them to block cell transmissions in theaters during show times, something that is against federal FCC regulations.”
