Safety enhancing cellphone functionality limitation system

Apparatus for the management of mobile telephone device functionality while said mobile telephone device is located within a vehicle, comprising:

• (a) a plurality of wireless sensors, each of said sensors receiving position indicating signals emitted by said mobile telephone device, and emitting signals indicating the position of each sensor relative to said mobile telephone device, said wireless sensors being positioned at different positions in said vehicle;
• (b) a transmitter for transmitting a signal to said mobile telephone device, causing said mobile telephone device to transmit said position indicating signals to said sensors;
• (c) a processor coupled to receive said signals indicating the position of each sensor relative to said mobile telephone device, said processor comprising a computational logic unit and a data storage device for storing software for computing the position of said mobile telephone device;
• (d) a channel coupling said signals indicating the position of each sensor relative to said mobile telephone device, said computational logic unit, whereby said computational logic unit calculates the position of said mobile telephone device in said vehicle;
• (e) a signal source generating a signal indicative of the state of operation of said vehicle and coupling the same to said computational logic unit;
• (f) a software algorithm resident on a storage device associated with said computational logic unit, said software controlling the functionality of said mobile telephone device in response to the position of said mobile telephone device within said vehicle and the speed of said vehicle.