Byline: HARRY STOFFER
Federal regulators agree that distracted drivers are dangerous. But the government won't require phones built into cars and trucks to shut down automatically when the vehicles are moving.
Longtime safety advocate Clarence Ditlow proposed such a rule last year. It would have required a lockout mechanism to shut off any vehicle-integrated telephone or other communication device when a motorist shifted the transmission into drive or reverse.
The prohibition would have covered General Motors' OnStar telematics system and Ford Motor Co.'s Sync onboard communication and entertainment device.
In a public notice this month, the National Highway ...