wraggster
March 24th, 2011, 23:37
On Wednesday, four prominent US Senators" Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) joined forces to send a letter expressing "grave concern" to Apple. The four lawmakers are astonished that Apple would continue to permit the downloading of applications designed to notify motorists of where police commonly patrol in search of drunk drivers.
As it turns out, these DUI checkpoint apps are quite popular, and a wide variety are currently available. One application the letter explicitly points to contains a database of DUI checkpoints that is updated in real-time. Another application, with more than 10 million users, let's users alert each other to DUI checkpoints in real time. Naturally, the four senators addressed how these apps make it difficult for police to do protect innocent people from drunk drivers.
http://modmyi.com/forums/mac-news/756166-us-lawmakers-pressure-apple-pull-dui-checkpoints-app.html
As it turns out, these DUI checkpoint apps are quite popular, and a wide variety are currently available. One application the letter explicitly points to contains a database of DUI checkpoints that is updated in real-time. Another application, with more than 10 million users, let's users alert each other to DUI checkpoints in real time. Naturally, the four senators addressed how these apps make it difficult for police to do protect innocent people from drunk drivers.
http://modmyi.com/forums/mac-news/756166-us-lawmakers-pressure-apple-pull-dui-checkpoints-app.html