System, device, and method for tracking and monitoring mobile phone usage while operating a vehicle in order to deter and prevent such usage

A system for monitoring and recording use of one or more of a plurality of functions of a mobile phone of a user when the user is in a vehicle, the system comprising:

• a device for engaging in an accessory port of the vehicle, wherein the device comprises one or more vehicle state sensors comprising one or more of a voltmeter and an accelerometer, a wireless transmitter, and a microchip configured to receive and store data;
• and
• the mobile phone of the user, wherein the mobile phone comprises a wireless receiver and driver monitoring software, and wherein:
• the one or more vehicle state sensors sense data used to determine a vehicle state;
• the vehicle state is one of an ON state and an OFF state;
• the wireless transmitter communicates the vehicle state to the mobile phone and the wireless receiver receives the vehicle state;
• the driver monitoring software is activated when the mobile phone is in wireless communication with the device such that the driver monitoring software monitors and records use of one or more of:
• (i) the one or more of the plurality of functions or (ii) prescribed protocols of the mobile phone while the vehicle is in the ON state, wherein the one or more of the plurality of functions comprises one or more of voice calling, texting, using an application, and emailing, and wherein the prescribed protocols include one or more of:
• connecting the device and the driver monitoring software when the vehicle is turned on, not exiting the driver monitoring software while driving, maintaining the connection between the driver monitoring software and the device while driving, not putting the driver monitoring software in the background of the mobile phone, and not engaging in prohibited mobile phone functions while driving.