The irreversible increasing rate of car accidents due to the distraction of using smartphones while driving led this paper to aim for proposing a mobile application that would help to reduce car accidents by limiting the functionality of smartphones during the car movement to the basic needs only, such as calls or maps. The study started by analyzing several applications in the market. Then, the study conducted a survey that was answered by 303 participants revealed the need for a dedicated mobile application to minimize the smartphone distraction while driving. The result shows some interesting information regarding the approximate rate of using smartphones while driving, the common reasons for using smartphones, and some critical reasons that led drivers to avoid touching their mobile phones on the road. Ultimately, the paper proposed a mobile application that is based on the obtained result.
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