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A device that prevents drivers from accessing text,...

A device that prevents drivers from accessing text, email and Internet functions while driving will be available in Target stores starting mid-November, supplier Access2Communications said Friday. Called the TextBuster, the device is a small “brain box” module that plugs into…

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a vehicle’s fuse panel below the dash and works in tandem with a smartphone app that sends a blocking signal to the user’s phone automatically, every time the user enters the vehicle, it said. The TextBuster will disable the data functions of the driver’s phone when the ignition is turned on without interfering with inbound and outbound calls or with GPS functions, it said. Two versions will be available, one for cars manufactured since 1996, another for older cars, it said.