Introduce the first Text and Drive safety app to iPhone customers.

The Issue

Text and Drive is now the #1 killer of teens in the United States. It also causes over 400,000 non fatal injury accidents every year on our highways. As a mobile leader, Apple needs to bring a software solution to iPhone users that addresses this epidemic. Our company has been trying since 2010 to bring our free software to the Apple store but low level security restrictions have banned all GPS based texting auto reply software from functioning on the iPhone operating system. We understand the need for Apple to deliver secure products to its customers, but there are ways to deliver a useful texting management tool like the OTTER app to iPhone users while maintaining the security of their hardware. Please let Apple know that this is a priority for you as a mobile consumer. Handing a smartphone to your new teen driver should include software that makes them 23 times safer on the highway - today.

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OTTER LLCPetition StarterIn 2009, I decided to do something about distracted driving after my three year old daughter was nearly run down right in front of me by a texting driver. Instead of a shackle that locks down phones and alienates the user, I built a texting asset called OTTER that is a simple and intuitive GPS based, texting auto reply app for smartphones. While driving, OTTER silences those distracting call ringtones and chimes unless a bluetooth is enabled. The texting auto reply allows anyone to schedule a ‘texting blackout period’ in any situation like a meeting or a lecture without feeling disconnected. This software is a social messaging tool for the end user that also empowers this same individual to be a sustainably safer driver. In 2013 we came out with another GPS based, messaging product called Where You @? to further help cell phone users and drivers make safe choices. Erik Wood, Founder / CEO OTTER LLC do one thing well... be great.
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The Issue

Text and Drive is now the #1 killer of teens in the United States. It also causes over 400,000 non fatal injury accidents every year on our highways. As a mobile leader, Apple needs to bring a software solution to iPhone users that addresses this epidemic. Our company has been trying since 2010 to bring our free software to the Apple store but low level security restrictions have banned all GPS based texting auto reply software from functioning on the iPhone operating system. We understand the need for Apple to deliver secure products to its customers, but there are ways to deliver a useful texting management tool like the OTTER app to iPhone users while maintaining the security of their hardware. Please let Apple know that this is a priority for you as a mobile consumer. Handing a smartphone to your new teen driver should include software that makes them 23 times safer on the highway - today.

avatar of the starter
OTTER LLCPetition StarterIn 2009, I decided to do something about distracted driving after my three year old daughter was nearly run down right in front of me by a texting driver. Instead of a shackle that locks down phones and alienates the user, I built a texting asset called OTTER that is a simple and intuitive GPS based, texting auto reply app for smartphones. While driving, OTTER silences those distracting call ringtones and chimes unless a bluetooth is enabled. The texting auto reply allows anyone to schedule a ‘texting blackout period’ in any situation like a meeting or a lecture without feeling disconnected. This software is a social messaging tool for the end user that also empowers this same individual to be a sustainably safer driver. In 2013 we came out with another GPS based, messaging product called Where You @? to further help cell phone users and drivers make safe choices. Erik Wood, Founder / CEO OTTER LLC do one thing well... be great.
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Tim Cook
Tim Cook
CEO of Apple Inc.

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Petition created on September 9, 2013