In the UK, using a mobile phone while driving has been illegal for a few years now. Mostly to do with all those idiots driving along with the thing glued to their ears with one hand on the wheel, while they swerve from lane to lane on the motorway like a slalom skier. Since then, we’ve had hands-free kits of every description come out and be forced upon people who may well need to use their phone whilst moving.

But what do you do if someone sends you a text and you need to read it? Putting the phone in your lap to try and read it will probably be a bit more dangerous and you don’t want this happening:

Well, now some bloke in the USA has come up with a piece of software for smartphones which automatically reads out text messages and e-mails you receive. Called DriveSafely, it will probably distract you just as much (come on, those robotic voices are creepy). Either way, you wont be arrested and you will find out that your girlfriend desperately needs a bar of chocolate and that you definitely should get it for her, even when you’re going 70mph down the motorway.

So, get your Free Text software and you too can listen to pointless messages while you’re busy. Ah, modern life, isn’t it brilliant?

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