People using their phones while driving is a major problem, but Apple’s “Do Not Disturb” iPhone feature is helping. With the feature, iOS 11 can “sense” when you might be driving and help keep you from being distracted by calls, texts, and notifications.
Business Insider reports that there’s significant phone use during as many as 37% of trips logged by Everdrive, an app developed by car insurance company Everquote.
During those trips, people were using their phones for as much as 11% of the time, or about 3 minutes during a 29 minute drive on average, according to the Everdrive study released on Wednesday, which examined 781 million miles of driving data from sensors like your phone’s GPS and accelerometer.
Thankfully, the iPhone’s “Do Not Disturb While Driving” feature designed to reduce distracted driving is working. Everquote found that 70% of people in its study kept the DND While Driving feature turned on after Apple released it last September. And between September 19 and October 25 last year, people with DND on used their phones 8% less, according to the study.
To enable “Do Not Disturb While Driving” feature on your iPhone, go to Settings › Do Not Disturb, then tap Activate under the Do Not Disturb While Driving heading. Or add it to Control Center for quicker access.
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