Tarkan Bastiyali presents SmartSafe as a “smart start” console that physically secures a driver’s phone in the dash/center-console area (including cassette-slot form factors), then requires a PIN-style unlock code. With the handset locked on a Qi wireless charger, the goal is simple: remove the reach-for-it loop that turns messaging, scrolling, and video into a crash factor on the road. https://bastiyaliinventions.com/
The idea keeps key functions available without hand interaction: navigation can still run via Apple CarPlay / Android Auto, and communications are pushed to Bluetooth hands-free. A practical twist is an automatic reply workflow: anyone texting the driver gets an ETA-style response and a prompt to call via Bluetooth, which shifts interactions away from touch input and toward voice.
On the interface side, SmartSafe leans on voice command and heads-up display logic: if routing changes, the system can alert visually, then confirm the new destination by spoken prompt and project the updated address at eye level. This interview was filmed at CES Las Vegas 2026, and the pitch matches the broader cockpit trend toward HUD-centric UX and reduced gaze-down time on the center stack HUD.
For adoption, Bastiyali frames fleets as the first big buyer category (policy-driven phone check-in), followed by teen-driver use. He also describes a two-layer approach: device registration to one authorized phone plus a planned in-cabin AI camera (driver monitoring / computer vision) to catch secondary-phone behavior, with early testing interest mentioned around Tata Motors in India.
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