California Cool Cars Block the Sun, Cellphones and GPS

The metal oxide coat California ’s “ Cool Cars ” regulation mandate for car windows starting in 2010 does n’t just reflect sunshine — italso bounces the signalsfor cellphones , GPS navigators and , um , parolee ’ ankle bracelets , making response noticeably crappier . Updated .

Which , I suppose , is one way to kill two shuttlecock with a undivided governing - dispose stone : people wo n’t be texting while driving because they ca n’t get a decent sign anywhere , and automobile will have a little carbon footprint since they wo n’t get as hot . The whole GPS navigator suck up and not being able to accurately cut across parolees is a different problem for a different daylight , really .

The railway car manufacturers , for their part , would choose a coating that steep vigour , instead of reflects it , which they say would leave wireless signaling unmangled , but I bet slightly warm .

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Update : California ’s Air Resources Board say your sound will be fine inthis FAQ(PDF ):

Specifically , ARB stave conducted a test program in Southern California involve three railcar , one with musing looking glass all - around , one with musing glass only on the windscreen , and one with no brooding glass at all . The report showed that cell phone performance was tantamount , disregardless of how much reflective Methedrine was used .

[ Detroit NewsviaTUAW ]

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