System for discouraging distracted driving

A method for modifying distracted driving behavior, comprising:

• determining, with a controller, dimensional parameters of an operator space of a vehicle;
• loading, modifying and retrieving the dimensional parameters in a nonvolatile memory of the controller;
• retrieving data stored in the nonvolatile memory;
• adjusting a preset level of accountability for distracted driving behavior for an operator of the vehicle;
• defining an operator space within the vehicle;
• detecting presence within the operator space of an active mobile communications device having a wireless radio frequency communications transceiver;
• and
• in response to the detection, interacting with at least one vehicle indicator and at least one system indicator to draw attention to the vehicle and to the operator of the vehicle,
• wherein the controller enables a level of accountability for distracted driving behavior for each operator of at least two operators.

A method for modifying distracted driving behavior, comprising:

• defining an operator space within a vehicle;
• detecting, within the operator space, presence of a mobile communications device having a wireless radio frequency communications transceiver;
• detecting an operator attempting to engage the mobile communications device while the vehicle is turned on;
• and
• responsive to occurrence of the operator attempting to engage the mobile communications device while the vehicle is turned on, interacting with vehicle indicators of the vehicle to draw attention to the vehicle and to the operator of the vehicle.