Having something for accountability (besides fighting one's own addiction) is helpful.
I've found myself responding at stop lights, which inevitably means finishing a text after the light turns green.
It looks like this app does a good job of communicating the most important statuses on the user's behalf, removing that responsibility.
It's not impossible to detect passenger vs. driver, it's just not easy. ;-)
Going forward, we're researching ideas on how to tell the difference.
What's the privacy policy?
Here's the official privacy policy: http://roadrules.co/terms/privacy.html
We're trying to maintain everyone's privacy while offering a helpful service. Some ways that we are doing that include
- In the app, the user has a white list to manage who can request location and availability data. - Maintaining as much data on the phone as possible (versus sending it to the cloud).